PM house in new Vista given green clearance

The Vice President’s, and Prime Minister’s new residences 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 CPWD’S submission, the work on the new Parliament is scheduled to be completed by November 2022, the vice-president’s enclave by May 2022, and the PM’S residence and the SPG building by December 2022. The cost of project has been estimated at ₹13,450 crore.

The plan, being handled by

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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.

The EAC meeting, held on April 13, the minutes of which were made public on Monday, said, “The EAC (Infra-2)... recommended granting environmental clearance to the project subject to following specific conditions and other Standard EC Conditions as specified by the Ministry vide OM dated 4th January, 2019 for the said project/activity, while considering for accord of environmental clearance.”

Under the Central Vista project, the Prime Minister’s residence will be shifted behind the existing South Block complex while the residence of the Vice President is proposed to be relocated behind North Block.