Larsen & Toubro Limited emerged as the lowest bidder for the construction and maintenance of the first three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat under the Central Vista redevelopment project.
Puri said that the existing building, which doesn't have the capacity to accommodate more parliamentarians, was never designed to be Parliament and it was a council house of a colonial power.
Four infrastructure firms have submitted technical bids for construction of three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat under the Central Vista redevelopment project
The new parliament building will have an area of 64,500 square metres
The PM also said he was confident that the work on the new Parliament building will be completed on time
The redevelopment work of the Central Vista Avenue, stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate here, will be completed within two-and-a-half months, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at critics of Central Vista project on Thursday during inauguration of the Defence Offices Complexes in Delhi.
The CPWD has once again extended the last date for submission of bids to July 30 for three new office buildings under the Common Central Secretariat
The HC order had rejected a PIL seeking to halt Central Vista construction work in view of the Covid pandemic.
As many as 1,753 new trees will be transplanted and 2,000 tree saplings planted in the Central Vista area which will increase the overall green cover there, official sources said Sunday.
The minister said a false narrative was being created over the Central Vista redevelopment plan and asserted that it was not a 'vanity project' but a necessity
Slamming the opposition, Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said a false narrative is being created over the Central Vista redevelopment plan and asserted that it is not a "vanity project", but a necessity
Questions validity of estimated Rs 20,000 crore figure, while total cost is yet to be ascertained
The high court said the legality of the project was already upheld by the Supreme Court and even the Delhi Disaster Management Authority allowed it to continue.
The union minister said that currently two projects were underway -the new Parliament building and the widening of the Central Vista Avenue.
The total cost of the project is estimated around Rs 1,300 crore
The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the construction work of the Central Vista project to continue, saying it was a "vital and essential" national project
A petition says the project is not an "essential activity" and thus can be put on hold during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Delhi High Court will decide on Monday whether to allow the continuation of the Central Vista project work during the prevailing Covid pandemic.
The government will set up a large 'Defence Enclave' to house top defence brass and personnel under its ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project, official sources said on Thursday