Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated on Monday {that a} false story was being made concerning the Central Vista Redevelopment Scheme and stated that it isn’t a “vanity project”, however a necessity.
He additionally stated that no design for the brand new Prime Minister’s residence has been finalized and solely two tasks – Parliament House and Central Vista Avenue – are at present being executed at a price of round Rs 1,300 crore.
Targeting the opposition, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister stated that he was seeing {that a} false story was being made on the central challenge and stated that no heritage constructing can be “touched”.
Puri, addressing a press convention, stated, “This is not a vanity project, and it is a project of necessity.”
The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the development of the Central Vista challenge to proceed, saying it was an “important and necessary” nationwide challenge.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh rejected the plea searching for to halt the challenge through the coronovirus epidemic, saying the petition was “motivated” and never an “actual public interest litigation”. It imposed a wonderful of 1 lakh rupees on the petitioners.
Envisages the redevelopment of Central Vista, the nation’s energy hall, a brand new parliament constructing, a normal central secretariat, a 3-km Rajpath enchancment from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, the brand new prime minister’s residence and workplace, and a brand new vice-presidential enclave. . .
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
