Modi hits out at critics of Central Vista project
Prime Minister inaugurates new defence office complexes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated Defence Offices Complexes at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue for 7,000 defence personnel who were till now forced to work from World War II era hutments around South block.
Mr Modi lamented the fact that for so many years defence personnel from Army, Navy and Air Force were working from hutments constructed by Britishers keeping in mind horse stable and barracks needs.
He said that the critics of Central Vista hide the fact that it also involves construction of such modern offices for defence personnel who were till now working in a bad condition. “Because they knew that their intention of spreading confusion and lies, will not work if these things come to the fore,” said Mr Modi.
“Now the country is watching what we are doing under Central Vista programme,” said Mr Modi. He said that when the government is working on modernisation of
Armed forces, giving them new weapons and developing border infrastructure, how could work related to defence and security of the country be allowed to be carried out from old hutments.
The Prime Minister pointed out that while these hutments occupied an area of 62 acres, the new offices have come up in just 13 acres.
The Prime Minister said
that he was confident that work on the new Parliament building will be completed on time.
He said that the work of the Defence Office Complex which was to be completed in 24 months has been completed in a record time of just 12 months. The Prime Minister credited this to a new thinking and approach in the government’s functioning.