New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Defence Ministry office complicated in Delhi on Thursday (September 16, 2021) at 11 am. The Defence Ministry office, which homes shut to 7,000 workers, and lots of different organisations are set to shift to two new complexes on Africa Avenue and Kasturba Gandhi Marg.
The transfer was prompted after the prevailing Defence Ministry at Dalhousie Road close to South Block was shifted because the house was wanted for the Prime Minister’s new residence and office as a part of the Central Vista Redevelopment challenge. The Defence Ministry shifting is predicted to vacate 50 acres of land.
The plan additionally contains the relocation of the Vice President’s new residence behind North Block and 10 new constructing blocks to accommodate authorities workplaces, together with Shastri Bhavan, Nirman Bhavan, Udyog Bhavan, Krishi Bhavan and Vayu Bhavan.
According to ANI, the inaugural occasion might be attended by the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt, MoS Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Naval Staff — Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Air Staff –Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.
Additionally, an official launch by the Prime Minister’s Office stated, “Prime Minister will visit the Defence Office Complex at Africa Avenue and interact with Army, Navy, Air Force and Civilian Officers. This will be followed by his address to the gathering.”
The new Defence Office is being stated to be state-of-the-art and energy-efficient, with complete safety administration measures Complexes. The new buildings may also present fashionable facilities, connectivity and welfare amenities like canteens and banks.
According to IANS report, the office complicated on Africa Avenue is a seven-storey house that can home the workplaces of solely the Defence Ministry, whereas the eight-storey constructing on Kasturba Gandhi Marg might be used to briefly accommodate workplaces at the moment positioned at Parivahan Bhawan and Shram Shakti Bhawan until their new workplaces are being constructed on the Central Secretariat Complex.
(With Agency inputs)
