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08/12/20 13:10 PM IST

Central Vista project

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The Supreme Court has ordered to halt all construction activities on the project and only  permitted bhoomi Poojan.

Reason
  • The Supreme Court warned the government not to carry out any work on the Central Vista project until it decides on a bunch of 10 petitions challenging the mega redevelopment plan.
  • The Supreme Court was particularly unhappy over a press release by the government that said the construction was to begin, and that translocation of trees was underway.
Centra Vista project
  • The Central Vista redevelopment project is a construction plan to give India’s power corridor a new spatial identity in what is usually called the Lutyen’s Delhi.
  • The existing buildings for Parliament, various offices of the central government, the residence of the prime minister and also the vice-president’s house, in the view of the government, have been found to be inadequate.
  • New buildings will be constructed along the Rashtrapati Bhavan-India Gate stretch of the Rajpath in New Delhi.
  • Under the Central Vista project, the residence of the prime minister is likely to be shifted near the South Block that houses the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
  • The vice-president's new house will be closer to the North Block.
  • North and South Blocks will be converted into museums.
  • The current residence of the vice president is among the buildings identified for demolition.
Existing Parliament building constructed
  • The existing Parliament building was constructed by the British colonial rulers.
  • It was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. They had, designed the entire planned construction area of New Delhi.
  • This is why the New Delhi area is often called the Lutyens’ zone.
Source: The Hindu

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