On 10 December 2020, PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for a new Parliament constructing. The building of the new constructing is most likely to be completed by the year 2022 at an estimated price of Rs 971 crore. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was not too long ago quoted in a PTI report saying that the new Parliament constructing will showcase the cultural diversity of India. In the 75th year of Independence (2022), it is becoming anticipated that the Parliament session will be held in the new constructing. The new Parliament constructing will be earthquake resistant and in the building of the new constructing, 2,000 people today will be involved straight and 9,000 people today will be involved indirectly.
According to Birla, a total of 1,224 MPs can sit collectively for joint sessions. Also, at the web page of the current Shram Shakti Bhawan, a new workplace complicated would be constructed for all MPs of each homes. Birla additional mentioned that the new constructing will have an location of 64,500 square metres. The new building’s outlook will be comparable to the current a single. In the new constructing, there will be a basement, ground floor, initial floor and second floor. Birla additional mentioned its height will be the identical as the old constructing so that each are in symmetry.
As per guidelines, the custodian of the parliament constructing is the speaker of the parliament’s reduce home. In order to handle noise and pollution in the course of the building work, adequate actions have been taken. The new parliament constructing will boast separate offices for all MPs. Also, as a step towards making ‘paperless offices’, the offices will be equipped with the newest digital interfaces. In order to showcase India’s democratic heritage, the new Parliament constructing will have a grand Constitution Hall along with a lounge for MPs, various committee rooms, a library, dining locations as nicely as ample parking space.
According to the report, the Lok Sabha chamber in the new constructing will have a seating capacity for 888 members, when the Rajya Sabha chamber will have as a lot of as 384 seats for the upper home members. However, the Lok Sabha chamber in the course of joint sessions, will have an solution to improve its sitting capacity to 1,224 members.
In the month of September this year, the bid to construct the new parliament constructing was won by Tata Projects Limited at a price of Rs 861.90 crore. The building of the new constructing will be accomplished close to the current a single beneath the Central Vista redevelopment project. To offer a lot more functional spaces for parliamentary events, the current Parliament House constructing will be suitably retro-fitted, making certain its usage along with the upcoming constructing.