Central Vista project

[MP2011]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new...nt-building-2336750?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

PM Launches Work For New Parliament Complex, Ministers, Ratan Tata Attend

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today performed a ground-breaking ceremony in the heart of Delhi to mark the symbolic launch of the new parliament building as part of an ambitious Central Vista plan.
To Sanskrit chants by six priests, the PM performed the rituals around a holy pyre organized in a flower-decked marquee.

Around 200 dignitaries, including Union Ministers, Ministers of State, MPs, foreign envoys and religious leaders attended the function that was webcast live. Ratan Tata, whose Tata Projects is a part of the building plan, was also present.

The construction cannot begin for now with the Supreme Court hearing petitions challenging the project.

Last week, the Supreme Court had berated the government, accusing it of "pushing forward aggressively" with the project even before its decision on petitions challenging it on environmental grounds. "You can lay the foundation stone, you can carry on paperwork but no construction or demolition, no cutting down any trees," the court had said.

The new parliament building is the centrepiece of the ₹ 20,000-crore Central Vista project to refurbish government buildings and make over a 3-km stretch between the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan to the iconic war memorial India Gate.

 

[MP2011]

Anyone wants to know how much money that's being wasted on this white elephant in these turbulent times just to satisfy feku's ego and how detrimental this project will prove to be for Delhi's environment and cultural heritage.

https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/whats-wrong-with-modis-central-vista-project/20201207.htm

https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/why-does-govt-treat-the-people-like-enemies/20201210.htm


We are now in 2020 and represented by 545 MPs in Lok Sabha.

In Article 82 of the Constitution there is a law related to delimitation of Parliament. It says that once you finish the first Census after 2026, you may change the allocation of Lok Sabha seats and increase the number of Parliamentarians.

Until that Census happens in 2031 (the first Census year after the 2026 threshold), whatever size of Parliament you build today (as part of the Central Vista project), you can't increase the member representation until that census happens in 2031 as per the delimitation clause under Article 82.

If you look at all population projections, by 2041 we are going to be a declining population. That doesn't mean our growth rate will drop; we will only drop in absolute numbers.

With this new Parliament building that is likely to be completed in 2024, you are not going to have more Parliamentarians till 2031 at the earliest.

And then you will get to use it to the new capacity only for ten years (till 2041) and after that you have to start reducing the number of Parliamentarians in order to be more representative of population demographics of India.

See the sheer idiocy behind this complete waste. There was no tearing hurry for this project to be undertaken especially during these times.

Another monstrous scam under feku?

 

[Varun]

What a collosal waste of money when we're 'growing' at negative 23.8%.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Anyone wants to know how much money that's being wasted on this white elephant in these turbulent times just to satisfy feku's ego and how detrimental this project will prove to be for Delhi's environment and cultural heritage.

We are now in 2020 and represented by 545 MPs in Lok Sabha.

In Article 82 of the Constitution there is a law related to delimitation of Parliament. It says that once you finish the first Census after 2026, you may change the allocation of Lok Sabha seats and increase the number of Parliamentarians.

Until that Census happens in 2031 (the first Census year after the 2026 threshold), whatever size of Parliament you build today (as part of the Central Vista project), you can't increase the member representation until that census happens in 2031 as per the delimitation clause under Article 82.

What about the capacity for joint session of the both houses?

What a beautiful architectural design btw for the temple of democracy.

 

[CricketCartoons]

What a collosal waste of money when we're 'growing' at negative 23.8%.

What was the numerator and the denominator used for this calculation?

 

[MenInG]

What a collosal waste of money when we're 'growing' at negative 23.8%.

Why shouldnt they make newer buildings? Its in line with India's super power image.

 

[OMB]

Central Vista Essential, Work To Continue: Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge

Central Vista Project: No question arises of suspending construction work amid the pandemic as "the labourers are staying at the site", the High Court stressed
The centre had said the project in the petition is not what is referred to as "the Central Vista project"


New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today dismissed a challenge against the ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project and fined the petitioner ₹ 1 lakh, calling the plea "motivated".

No question arises of suspending construction work amid the pandemic as "the labourers are staying at the site", the High Court said. The ongoing construction work had drawn criticism as India battles a deadly second wave of Covid infections, with lakhs getting affected every day.

As per the contract given to the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the construction has to be completed by November and it should to be allowed to continue, the court stressed.

A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh were hearing the petition. The legality of the project has already been upheld by the Supreme Court, news agency PTI quoted the bench as saying.

Earlier this month the centre told the High Court the petition was "sheer abuse of the process of law", and yet another attempt to block the project. A request was also made to reject the petition with a fine.

The petition - by Anya Malhotra and Sohail Hashmi - requested that the Central Vista project be paused as hundreds of workers are being exposed to Covid.

The centre had said the project in the petition is not what is referred to as "the Central Vista project" (which includes Parliament, refurbishment of the North Block, South Block, construction of new offices for central government), but is "limited to the redevelopment of Central Vista Avenue or Rajpath", where the Republic Day parade is held.

It said the project at Rajpath involved building public amenities, like toilets, paths, parking spaces, four pedestrian underpasses and the "improvement of canals, bridges, lawns, lights etc".

The new parliament building is the centerpiece of the ₹ 20,000-crore Central Vista project that has been brought under the ambit of "essential services", angering the opposition.

In Delhi, which was under a lockdown for over a month, construction work was permitted at sites where workers have been given on-site accommodation.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/central-vista-essential-work-to-continue-says-delhi-high-court-dismissing-challenge-2452774?pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

*By Darshan Mondkar*

Okay, no, seriously .....

Don't crib about the Delhi HC decision on not stopping the Central Vista construction.

Courts are the law keepers of the nation and not the conscience keepers.

They do not decide where the Government spends the money. They only decide if the spend is legitimate and if the decisions taken by the Government pass the scrutiny of the existing laws.

Thats why, you dont elect the judges.

You elect the Government.

You elect the Government to spend your money for your betterment.

You elect the Government to have the courtesy to spend on improvements which will benefit the common folk than give their own ilk the luxuries that they seek.

You elect the Government to be prudent with the finances and spend on essential activities when the country is beseiged with a pandemic.

You get the Government that you elect, that you vote for.

And dont say, "Oh but I didnt vote for this Government".

You didnt, but the majority did and this is the Government they want. Thats how Governments are formed in a democracy.

This is where they want their money spent.

They want a Central Vista and not medical facilities.

They are okay with lack of medical infrastructure, lack of jobs, lack of food, lack of livelihood.

They are okay with bodies floating down the river for the lack of burial places or crematoriums.

The Government is simply giving the people exactly what they have been elected for.

If this was not the case, the people would have raised their voice LOUD and CLEAR and made the Government hear them....

Disclaimer: When you choose a snake, dont crib when you are bitten. Snakes Bite ...Naagin Dance is a myth.

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[MP2011]

Event manager wants to shift into new house by the end of 2022, that's all! That is why all the hurry!

 

[MP2011]

Central Vista redevelopment plan will reduce green cover, cause traffic congestion, air pollution: Experts

The Centre's grandiose plan to redevelop the Central Vista has come in for severe criticism from environmental experts, who contended that it was the government's way of "pampering itself" without considering that the project is going to sacrifice huge green cover and make the air toxic with its construction and demolition dust.

The experts on Monday questioned the rationale of the project which, they claimed, would involve chopping at least 2,000 trees considering that Delhi tops the list of most polluted capital cities in the world.

The plan proposes to construct a new Parliament building with the existing one converted into a museum.

The prime minister's residence and office are likely to be shifted near the South Block and the vice-president's new house will be in the vicinity of the North Block as per a blueprint prepared by the government.

It envisages a triangular Parliament building next to the existing one, a common Central Secretariat and the revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath -- from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate.

"Each day for the next four years we will have close to 500 trucks of debris, steel, cement et al running from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate. How healthy is that for the most polluted capital of the world? And not to forget we are cutting hundreds of fully grown beautiful trees.

"Government, instead of being a role model, is demonstrating the opposite. Pampering itself instead of taking care of its people and their health," said Bhavreen Kandhari, an environmentalist with Clean Air Collective.

Her view was shared by environmentalist and advocate Gaurav Bansal, who said that this project will have a negative impact on environment as it aims construct buildings on the green patches of the national capital.

"The land in Delhi is already overloaded with concrete structures. We need to preserve the green cover. Delhi is already reeling under toxic smog and traffic congestion. It is time to decongest the city but such measures will cause more congestion," Bansal said.

The Central Vista project is now sub-judice with the Supreme Court transferring to itself all the petitions related to it.

The apex court is now dealing with two petitions -- one assailed the public notice inviting objections against the change of land use of several plots of land in Central Vista while the other petition had asserted that the public hearing was conducted in a mechanical manner which demonstrated complete non-application of mind.

Opposing the government's proposal to revamp the Central Vista, experts and environment activists argued that this work would create massive demolition waste.

"To transport demolition waste and construction materials thousands of trucks will need to go through Delhi. Why do we need to line our lungs with more dust?

"We, in Delhi, are in the middle of a water crisis. Ecology of the area is such that there is a watershed from the Ridge to the Yamuna. Water flows overground and underground and this project will create a barrier at both levels because it will be fully concretised above and below for car-parking basements -- eight floors above and four floors are planned at the moment," said Kandhari.

She added that a huge area that currently absorbs water in the soil will be gone.

"Concrete is highly carbon emitting. Can you imagine the carbon impact of this construction project? No mention of the birds, nests, animals and the biodiversity that will get displaced," she said.

Anjal Prakash, Research Director at the Indian School of Business, said the redevelopment of Central Vista is an ambitious plan which involves heritage buildings, open spaces and the associated environment but with vanishing green spaces in the city, there is a need to protect whatever space is left.

"The project, in its present form, could appropriate open spaces which are major groundwater recharge zones. Our cities, seriously lacks open green spaces and so we must protect whatever open spaces have been left. Urban planning and environmental planning should go hand in hand and not one at the expense of other," he said.

Experts also called for a detailed systematic discussion on the pros and cons of the project "before planning such massive development".

"I understand the need for infrastructural development and the new requirements in support of this project. However, the environment impact assessment (EIA) of the project in its totality needs to be discussed in public hearings.

"We need to have full disclosure on the aspects of project which has implications for many people living in the area and specially on open space which has been the lifeline of Delhi in the past as major groundwater recharge zones," Prakash said.

https://www.business-standard.com/a...ion-air-pollution-experts-120030901091_1.html

 

[MP2011]

Not only that, so many iconic arterial roads (like Ashok road, Akbar road, Rafi marg, Janpath, Dr Rajendra Prasad road) will need to be widened at regular intervals due to increased traffic on the stretch which will lead to heightened pollution in this part of New Delhi.

Those who have travelled on these iconic roads will relate to what I'm trying to say here. To spoil these roads for a megalomaniac's fetish for lavish residence for himself is one of the most illiterate behaviour by a head of state!