PM Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the New Parliament house that is being built under the Central Vista Project. "This is the very place where our leaders first sat after getting Independence. This was the very place where Babasaheb Ambedkar and his colleagues sat, worked-upon, and gave this country its Constitution," said PM Modi while addressing the gathering. The Supreme Court (SC) of India had earlier halted the project as there are around 10 pending petitions that are challenging the mega re-development project. The SC finally allowed the groundbreaking ceremony on conditions that there would be no paperwork or construction.
On Thursday the foundation stone was laid at the construction site for the new Parliament.
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1- The New Parliament building is expected to be completed by October 2022 so that a Parliament session in the new building on the 75th anniversary of the country's Independence can be held.
2- The Lok Sabha, in the new building, will be three times bigger in size than the existing one. Rajya Sabha will also be bigger.
3- Reflecting the concept of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, the house will incorporate regional arts and crafts. To give it a complete finish under the idea of self-reliance, artisans and sculptures would be employed from across the country.
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4- The House is being built keeping in mind the needs of the next hundred years so that in the future, there would be no difficulty in increasing the number of MPs. The house will accommodate 888 MPs in Lok Sabha and 384 in Rajya Sabha.
5- Around 2000 people would be directly and 9000 people would be indirectly involved in the construction work.
6- Tata Projects Limited will be constructing the new Parliament House over a total area of 64,500 sq metre. HCP, Planning, and Management Private Limited is preparing the design.
7- Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the new parliament house on Thursday. During the ceremony, PM Modi said, "Today is a historic day. Today is a day that in ways is like the foundation stone of our India. And what could be a more beautiful way to celebrate our 75th year of Independence than, to begin with, our new Parliament building - our temple of democracy."
8- The Central Vista is an iconic 3 km stretch in the heart of New Delhi also known as Lutyens Zone that runs from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate. The central government has planned to rebuild this area and has proposed a budget of 20,000 crores.
9- The existing parliament building was built during the British Era and was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. It took six years for the existing building to be completed and the opening ceremony was performed on January 18, 1927.
10- Though the ground-breaking ceremony had taken place but the construction can’t take place until further orders by the Supreme Court.
