Why is Govt’s Ambitious Central Vista Project Facing Objections?
4 years ago

Why is Govt’s Ambitious Central Vista Project Facing Objections?

The Quint  

Despite a lot of controversies around the Central Vista re-development project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying the foundation stone for the new Parliament building on 10 December. The project which involves creating a bigger parliament, revamping the North and South Blocks and demolishing the existing structures on the Rajpath boulevard, has been given to Tata Projects Limited. Although the Centre has been fast-tracking approvals sometimes with barely a day's notice aiming to complete the project by 2022, the Supreme Court earlier this week, expressed a strong displeasure over how the Centre is "aggressively" rushing through everything, even as a batch of petitions regarding the matter is pending hearing. What are the ramifications of the Central Vista Re-Development Project?

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New Parliament Building : A Look At Court Litigations
1 year, 6 months ago

New Parliament Building : A Look At Court Litigations

Live Law  

As the new Parliament building is getting inaugurated today, let us have a look at the cases relating to it and the Central Vista Project.Challenge to Central Vista ProjectIn 2020, a petition was filed by one Rajeev Suri in the Delhi High Court challenging the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, which includes the construction of the new Parliament building. As the …

New Parliament building and the many controversies surrounding the structure
1 year, 7 months ago

New Parliament building and the many controversies surrounding the structure

Firstpost  

The inauguration of the new Parliament building has snowballed into a political slugfest between the government and the opposition. From construction during the COVID-19 pandemic to the national emblem sitting atop, the Sansad has triggered many debates The new Parliament building is set to be inaugurated on Sunday, but the event has already been engulfed in controversy. Let’s take a …

'National Importance': Govt Defends Central Vista Construction Amid Alarming AQI
3 years ago

'National Importance': Govt Defends Central Vista Construction Amid Alarming AQI

The Quint  

In response to a plea concerning the alarming air pollution levels in Delhi, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, 1 December, that the new Parliament building and Central Vista are of 'national importance', indicating why their construction was ongoing despite the growing environmental and health concern. Appearing for petitioner Aditya Dubey, advocate Vikas Singh contended that while smaller …

Central Vista project of national importance: Centre
3 years ago

Central Vista project of national importance: Centre

The Hindu  

The Government said on Wednesday that the Central Vista project is of “national importance” and work on it is continuing, even as a construction ban reimposed by the Supreme Court is in place in the Capital. The Urban Affairs Ministry, in its affidavit, assured the Supreme Court that the project to build a new Parliament building and Central Vista avenues …

Opinion: Central Vista Project is Needed for a Bigger Parliament in the Future
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Central Vista Project is Needed for a Bigger Parliament in the Future

News 18  

The Supreme Court on June 29 refused to stay the Delhi High Court’s decision of May 31, which allowed the Central Vista Project work in the national capital to go on. The top court’s verdict, which gave the green signal to the Central government’s Central Vista revamp project in New Delhi, that includes among other things, a new Parliament building, …

'Cost for PM’s Residential Complex Exaggerated': Govt Busts 'Myths' About Central Vista Project
3 years, 6 months ago

'Cost for PM’s Residential Complex Exaggerated': Govt Busts 'Myths' About Central Vista Project

News 18  

The central government on Sunday released a long list of “Myths and Realities” about the Central Vista Project, where construction is underway even in Covid-19 pandemic. On Oppositions’ claim that an amount of Rs 20,000 crore is being spent on the Central Vista Project this year during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in an …

For Central Vista project, no heritage building will go: Hardeep Singh Puri
3 years, 6 months ago

For Central Vista project, no heritage building will go: Hardeep Singh Puri

India Today  

The Modi government's Central Vista got the green flag from the Delhi High Court that imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioners who wanted a stay on the ambitious but contentious project. For the Central Vista project, no heritage building will go, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said in an interview with …

Statement seeking to halt and reconsider the Government of India's Central Vista Redevelopment Plan
3 years, 7 months ago

Statement seeking to halt and reconsider the Government of India's Central Vista Redevelopment Plan

The Hindu  

A statement signed by scholars, artists and museum professionals, asking that the Government of India's Central Vista Redevelopment Plan in New Delhi be halted immediately, given the public health emergency in India on account of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. A global community of historians and curators who work on Indian and South Asian materials, express in particular …

India PM Narendra Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation amid Covid-19 crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

India PM Narendra Modi presses ahead with $1.8 billion parliament renovation amid Covid-19 crisis

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — While hospitals plead for life-saving oxygen and Covid-19 patients die in their thousands, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pushing ahead with a $1.8 billion parliamentary revamp – including a new home for the country’s leader. The pricey renovation, known as the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, has been categorized as an “essential service,” meaning construction is …

"Project Has No Feature Of Essentiality Of Service To Public At Large": Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Suspension Of Central Vista Redevelopment Project
3 years, 7 months ago

"Project Has No Feature Of Essentiality Of Service To Public At Large": Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks Suspension Of Central Vista Redevelopment Project

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking suspension of all kinds of construction activity in relation to the Central Vista Redevelopment Project in compliance of the orders issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority in wake of the covid 19 surge in the national capital.The petition moved by Anya Malhotra and Sohail Hashmi highlights that the …

Central Vista project: Construction of PM's residence to be completed by Dec 2022, says CPWD
3 years, 7 months ago

Central Vista project: Construction of PM's residence to be completed by Dec 2022, says CPWD

India Today  

The construction of the prime minister's residence under the ambitious Central Vista project will be completed by December 2022, the Central Public Works Department has informed a government-appointed expert panel, which has given its nod to the project. The CPWD, which is the project developer, informed the Expert Appraisal Committee that the expansion of the Parliament building and the construction …

Centra Vista: Construction work of new Parliament building begins
3 years, 11 months ago

Centra Vista: Construction work of new Parliament building begins

The Hindu  

The construction work of the new Parliament building started on Friday, over a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project under the government’s ambitious Central Vista redevelopment plan. PM Modi had laid the foundation stone for the new Parliament building, which is being constructed by Tata Projects Ltd., on December 10 last year. Earlier …

Beyond the Central Vista verdict, key questions
3 years, 11 months ago

Beyond the Central Vista verdict, key questions

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has cleared the decks for the intensely contested new Parliament and Central Vista projects in New Delhi. Editorial | Building by accord: On Central Vista Though many issues demand attention, immediate regulatory improvement is needed in two critical areas: public participation and architectural services procurement. Central Vista | Govt has ignored objections to redevelopment: Justice …

Building by accord: The Hindu Editorial on Central Vista and the new Parliament building
3 years, 11 months ago

Building by accord: The Hindu Editorial on Central Vista and the new Parliament building

The Hindu  

With the Supreme Court’s 2-1 judgment clearing the Central Vista project for New Delhi, the Narendra Modi government can now indelibly reshape the national capital’s visual landscape. Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari found no infirmity in the approvals granted by the Central Vista Committee, Delhi Urban Art Commission, the Heritage Conservation Committee and other bodies, paving the way for …

Supreme Court nod for Central Vista project to redevelop the Lutyens zone including Parliament House and other heritage structures
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court nod for Central Vista project to redevelop the Lutyens zone including Parliament House and other heritage structures

The Hindu  

The controversial Central Vista project in Delhi, touted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dream project”, received a nod from the Supreme Court on January 6. The Rs.20,000 crore project aims to redevelop 86 acres in the Lutyens zone, comprising iconic structures such as Parliament House, Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate, North Block and South Block, the National Archive, the National Museum …

India’s Parliament Will Get a Makeover: Can Delhi Bear Its Costs?
3 years, 11 months ago

India’s Parliament Will Get a Makeover: Can Delhi Bear Its Costs?

The Quint  

Making this part of the city a cultural and intellectual hub was part of the original plan by Edwin Lutyens and that is why the National Archives was located in its present building as early as 1926. Instead of going in for an environmental assessment report for the entire central vista project—in a sleight of hand operation—the plot for the …

Supreme Court gives nod to redevelopment of Central Vista
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court gives nod to redevelopment of Central Vista

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday by a majority judgment of 2:1 gave its nod to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Rs 20,000 crore project for the construction of a new Parliament building and the redevelopment of the Central Vista. In their 432-page majority judgment, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar speaking for himself and also Justice Dinesh Maheshwari said that the …

‘Govt. has ignored objections to Central Vista redevelopment’: Justice Sanjeev Khanna
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Govt. has ignored objections to Central Vista redevelopment’: Justice Sanjeev Khanna

The Hindu  

Justice Sanjeev Khanna, in his separate dissent, on Tuesday said the Centre had failed to produce even a single document to show that objections and suggestions made in the Central Vista project were considered by it. Justice Khanna said a reading of the notice inviting tenders, published by the Central Public Works Department inviting design and planning firms for the …

Central Vista plan gets SC nod in 2-1 majority verdict
3 years, 11 months ago

Central Vista plan gets SC nod in 2-1 majority verdict

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the thumbs-up to the Central government’s over ₹15,000 crore redevelopment plan for the historically significant Central Vista area of New Delhi where a new Parliament, Central Secretariat and union ministries’ offices are to be built. By a 2-1 majority -- the majority judgment was given by justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, while justice …

Central Vista Explainer: All You Need to Know about the New Parliament Project in 10 Points
3 years, 11 months ago

Central Vista Explainer: All You Need to Know about the New Parliament Project in 10 Points

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for the construction of the ambitious Central Vista Project. Here’s a 10-point guide on the revamped Parliament of India – the Central Vista: – The Central Vista revamp, announced in September, 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with a seating capacity for 900 to 1,200 MPs, that is to be constructed …

Supreme Court grants go-ahead to Modi govt's ambitious Central Vista project, new Parliament building
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court grants go-ahead to Modi govt's ambitious Central Vista project, new Parliament building

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the environmental clearance and notification for change in land use for Central Vista Project. Justice Khanwilkar, writing the judgement for himself and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, also directed that the project proponent set up smog tower and use anti-smog guns at the construction site for the Central Vista project. On December 7, last year the …

Central Vista Project Marked by Degree of Executive Highhandedness, Ex-babus Write to PM Modi
4 years ago

Central Vista Project Marked by Degree of Executive Highhandedness, Ex-babus Write to PM Modi

News 18  

A group of former civil servants have written an open letter to Prime Minster Narendra Modi expressing dismay over the central vista redevelopment project, which, they alleged, has been "marked by a degree of executive highhandedness" from its very inception. "Notwithstanding the specious reasoning as to why a new Parliament building is at all necessary, it is a matter of …

Central vista Project | The bid to remake the face of the capital
4 years ago

Central vista Project | The bid to remake the face of the capital

The Hindu  

On December 10, a little over a year after the government announced its ambitious plan to redevelop the 3-km-long historical stretch from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate known as the Central Vista, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the first part of the project by laying the foundation stone for the new Parliament building. The plan, as drafted by …

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of new, bigger Parliament building: Here's how it will look
4 years ago

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of new, bigger Parliament building: Here's how it will look

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a new Parliament building on Thursday at an event that will be attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers, and ambassadors of different countries. The new building will also have a grand Constitution Hall to showcase India's democratic heritage, a lounge for members of Parliament, a library, multiple …

Supreme Court allows foundation-laying ceremony for new Parliament building
4 years ago

Supreme Court allows foundation-laying ceremony for new Parliament building

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the new Parliament building to go ahead as scheduled on December 10 after the government gave an undertaking to keep in abeyance construction or demolition of buildings and shifting of trees in the Central Vista area for now. A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar expressed displeasure with the …

Central Vista Project: Supreme Court Allows Foundation Ceremony For New Parliament Building Without Altering Site In Any Manner
4 years ago

Central Vista Project: Supreme Court Allows Foundation Ceremony For New Parliament Building Without Altering Site In Any Manner

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Central Government to conduct the foundation ceremony of the Central Vista project without altering the status of the site in any manner. After the Court slammed the Central Government for going ahead with the construction works of the project even when the judgment on the petitions against it is awaited, the Solicitor General Tushar …

Centre denies favouritism in Central Vista project
4 years, 1 month ago

Centre denies favouritism in Central Vista project

The Hindu  

The government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there was no favouritism in selecting a consultant for the Central Vista project. A Gujarat-based architecture firm won the consultancy bid for the Centre’s ambitious project to redevelop the Central Vista area of the National Capital. The apex court is hearing several pleas on the issue against various permissions given to …

In Supreme Court, Government defends Central Vista plan
4 years, 1 month ago

In Supreme Court, Government defends Central Vista plan

The Hindu  

The Central government on Tuesday defended in the Supreme Court its multi-crore Central Vista redevelopment plan, saying the existing Parliament building, which is nearly 100 years old is under tremendous pressure and not a brick of the heritage structures will be touched while constructing a new Parliament, Central Secretariat and various ministries. A ‘broad vision’ Appearing before a Bench led …

Central Vista project could be important fulcrum for economic revival, says government
4 years, 3 months ago

Central Vista project could be important fulcrum for economic revival, says government

The Hindu  

The Central Vista redevelopment project would lead to employment generation and could be “an important fulcrum of economic revival”, according to the government’s reply to a question in the Lok Sabha about the rationale for the project given the state of the economy. In his written reply to the question by Trinamool Congress MP Mala Roy, Housing and Urban Affairs …

Opposition slams Central Vista project amid pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Opposition slams Central Vista project amid pandemic

The Hindu  

The Bill to reduce the salaries of parliamentarians by 30% for one year to meet the exigencies arising out of the coronavirus pandemic was cleared by Rajya Sabha on Friday even as the government came under a sharp attack from the Opposition for not cutting down on “luxuries” like the Central Vista redevelopment project and construction of a new Parliament …

Tata Group Wins Bid to Construct New Parliament Building at Cost of Rs 861.90 Crore
4 years, 3 months ago

Tata Group Wins Bid to Construct New Parliament Building at Cost of Rs 861.90 Crore

News 18  

The Tata Projects Ltd has won the bid to construct the new Parliament building at a cost of Rs 861.90 crore, officials said. After the Central Public Works Department opened financial bids on Wednesday for the construction of the new building, Tata Projects Ltd submitted a bid worth Rs 861.90 crore, while Larsen and Toubro Ltd quoted Rs 865 crore. …

[Central Vista Project] SC Leaves Challenge To Change In Land Use Of Plot 1 Open; Centre To Reply On Change Of Land Use Of Plots 2-8
4 years, 3 months ago

[Central Vista Project] SC Leaves Challenge To Change In Land Use Of Plot 1 Open; Centre To Reply On Change Of Land Use Of Plots 2-8

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed off the petitions challenging change in land use of plot number 1 of the Central Vista Project, adding that it will be taken up at a later stage as the decision on its usage had not yet been taken by the Government. As and when the decision is taken, it will be open to …

[Central Vista Project] SC To First Take Up Issue Of Land Use Challenge On August 25
4 years, 4 months ago

[Central Vista Project] SC To First Take Up Issue Of Land Use Challenge On August 25

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday remarked that it shall take up the issue of "land use" in the plea seeking quashing of the approval of the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament by the Central Vista Committee.While adjourning the case to August 25, a bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna observed that the plea have …

Central Vista Project: Will First Hear Issue of Challenge to Change of Land Use, Says SC
4 years, 4 months ago

Central Vista Project: Will First Hear Issue of Challenge to Change of Land Use, Says SC

News 18  

The Supreme Court Thursday made clear that it would first hear the "broad issue" regarding challenge to the change of land use for the ambitious Central Vista project, covering three-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi. "We make it clear that the court will first begin with the hearing of broad issue regarding challenge to the …

[Central Vista Project] SC To Hear Plea Challenging Lutyens' Delhi Development Works On Land Use, Violations Of Municipal & Environmental Law On August 20
4 years, 4 months ago

[Central Vista Project] SC To Hear Plea Challenging Lutyens' Delhi Development Works On Land Use, Violations Of Municipal & Environmental Law On August 20

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that it shall take up the plea seeking quashing of the approval of the government's proposal to construct a new Parliament by the Central Vista Committee in April on Thursday this week.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjeev Khanna shall hear the challenge on 3 issues, vis-à-vis change of land use, …

SC Allows Filing of Plea Against Environmental Clearance to Central Vista Project
4 years, 4 months ago

SC Allows Filing of Plea Against Environmental Clearance to Central Vista Project

News 18  

The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed filing of a fresh plea challenging the June 17 environmental clearance granted to the ambitious Central Vista project, covering 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi, for constructing a new Parliament House and other government buildings. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheswari and Sanjiv Khanna allowed senior advocate Shyam …

[Central Vista Project] SC To Take Up Plea Challenging Centre's Decision Of Redevelopment & Renovation Of Lutyens' Delhi On July 29
4 years, 5 months ago

[Central Vista Project] SC To Take Up Plea Challenging Centre's Decision Of Redevelopment & Renovation Of Lutyens' Delhi On July 29

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the plea seeking for a stay against the Central Vista project which sets out to build a new Parliament and other Central Government offices in Lutyens Delhi.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari & Sanjiv Khanna took note of the Solicitor General's submission that he shall not be able to account for time …

[Central Vista Project] Parliament Building Old, Unsafe, Packed To Capacity; New Building Needed : Centre Tells SC [Read Counter Affidavit]
4 years, 5 months ago

[Central Vista Project] Parliament Building Old, Unsafe, Packed To Capacity; New Building Needed : Centre Tells SC [Read Counter Affidavit]

Live Law  

The Centre has filed a Counter Affidavit in the plea seeking for a stay against the Central Vista project which sets out to build a new Parliament and other Central Government offices in Lutyens Delhi. On 17th July, the Supreme Court had directed the Respondents to file a consolidated Reply in 10 days in the plea challenging the use of …

Any change at ground level for Central Vista project will be at authorities' risk: SC
4 years, 6 months ago

Any change at ground level for Central Vista project will be at authorities' risk: SC

India Today  

The Supreme Court Friday said that any change at the ground level made by authorities for the Central Vista project, covering 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi, will be "at their own risk". The top court was hearing a plea against the Delhi High Court order which said the Delhi Development Authority was not required …

Monumental hurry: On Central Vista project
4 years, 6 months ago

Monumental hurry: On Central Vista project

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government is so possessed by its plan to redevelop the Central Vista, the 3-km long stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, that even a devastating pandemic is no distraction from it. The plan is also to construct a new Parliament building by March 2022 and a common central secretariat by March 2024 along with new residences …

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