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New Parliament building will last 150 years, its Houses can seat 150% more MPs

NEW DELHI: The new parliament building will have a life of more than 150 years with more than 150% increase in seating capacity, the central government said on Thursday. While the interior of the new Lok Sabha will have the theme of peacock, the national bird, Rajya Sabha will have national flower lotus as its theme. Besides the two Houses, the triangular building will have a Constitution Hall that will exhibit an original Constitution and a digital form for people to read page-by-page. This will be the only portion of the building that will have no storeys. The rest of the complex will have four floors. Each floor will have offices of ministers and committee rooms. The first floor will have dining space for member of Parliament, VVIPs and visitors. It will also have a central lounge. Besides being earthquake proof, the new building will be eco-friendly and consume significantly less power. “The project will be completed in time in 2022 and the winter session will be held here,” housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Read AlsoNew Parliament building testament to Aatmanirbhar Bharat: PM ModiPM Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building at an event that was attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers and ambassadors of different countries. Pujaris from the Sringeri Math Karnataka did the rituals for the 'bhoomi pujan' at the newThe government said the new parliament building is a necessity in the 21st century. The statue of Govind Ballabh Pant, currently located between Raisina Road and Red Cross Road, will be shifted to GB Pant Marg as the new building will require more space. Union housing and urban affairs secretary Durga Shankar Mishra told TOI that all minute details were worked out while planning the building. “The four national symbols will find a place in the building. The National Emblem will be the crown of the building. In the courtyard, we will have a peepal (banyan), which is our national tree,” he added. Read AlsoDialogue must go on: PM Modi quotes Guru Nanak at new Parliament functionNEW DELHI: In what seemed a defence of the new farm laws and other reforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said all decisions should be taken keeping national interest in mind and that of the current and future generations in mind even as he quoted Guru Nanak to say a “dialogue must go on”Officials said the building will have the most modern security and surveillance system. “The security check will be mostly non-intrusive,” said Bimal Patel, the de signer of Central Vista redevelopment project. Dholpur and red stone from Rajasthan will be largely used. Read AlsoCentral Vista project: Supreme Court allows ground-breaking ceremony with ridersThe SC on Monday expressed its strong dissatisfaction with the Centre but allowed it to go ahead with the proposed foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Central Vista project after the govt assured no construction or demolition work would commence till the apex court decides the pending pleas. SCThe digital audio visual system placed in front of every seat will have ‘programmable rules-based microphones’, which will put the Speaker in control of who gets to speak and who doesn’t. Every MP, minister and political party will get office space here. These buildings will be connected to the parliament complex with a tunnel. “Reports of Sardar Patel Bhavan being demolished are speculative,” said another official. Watch Central Vista Project: All you need to know

The Times of India

2020-12-11

India