NEW DELHI: Heritage buildings, precincts in the Central Vista region will be protected, while the redevelopment of the area along with the new Parliament building is constructed, Centre told Lok Sabha on Thursday.
“All listed Heritage buildings, precincts in the Central Vista region shall be protected and any renovation / retrofitting work shall be taken up after approval of Heritage Conservation Committee (HCC),” urban development minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Lok Sabha in written replies to questions raised by members.
The minister also told the Lok Sabha that “all clearances for construction of new Parliament Building have been obtained. Clearances for other projects as part of Central Vista Redevelopment, as applicable, will be taken as per extant regulations.”
The minister was responding to questions raised by Trinamool Congress MP Mala Roy. She had asked the government about the measures taken for heritage conservation in the Central Vista region and asked for the details of clearances obtained and awaited for the Central Vista Redevelopment Project.
Responding to another written question on the names of the buildings proposed to be demolished and to be reconstructed under Central Vista Redevelopment project, Puri has said the government has not yet finalised them and also the timeline by which it will be constructed have not yet been finalised.
Puri informed the House that the government has spent around Rs 90 crore for maintenance and renovation of buildings in the past three years. These buildings included North Block, South Block, President Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Nirman Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, Jawahar Bhawan, Nau Sena Bhawan, Jamnagar House, Transport Bhawan, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Jaipur House and Jaisalmer House.
He said the government has proposed to put all Central ministries in the new buildings to be constructed at the Rajpath’s central vista avenue under the Central Vista Redevelopment Project.