Agencies
New Delhi, May 03,2021
According to the CPWD’s submission to the ministry, the work on Parliament is scheduled to be completed by November 2022, vice-president enclave by May 2022, and the PM residence and the SPG building by December 2022
The Vice President’s, and Prime Minister’s new residence are scheduled to be completed by May and December 2022, respectively, according to Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the nodal agency for the Central Vista Project, as the environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has granted the necessary clearance for the rest of the buildings under the plan.
The buildings also include a Common Central Secretariat and the Special Protection Group (SPG) building.
According to the CPWD’s submission to the ministry, the work on Parliament is scheduled to be completed by November 2022, vice-president enclave by May 2022, and the PM residence and the SPG building by December 2022. The cost of project, which also includes a Common Central Secretariat, has been estimated at ₹13,450 crore.
The plan, being handled by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs, involves having a new Parliament building in place by India’s 75th Independence Day in 2022, while the entire project, which includes constructing 11 administrative buildings to house all the government ministries, is slated to be finished by 2024. Tata Projects Limited was tasked with the construction of the new Parliament complex on September 29, 2020.
