Rs 554.19 crore incurred so far for Central Vista project: Centre

The Centre on Thursday said that an amount of Rs. 554.19 crore has been incurred so far over four specific projects under the Central Vista Development and Redevelopment scheme. The Centre also said that redevelopment of central vista avenue will be completed by December this year at an estimated costs of Rs 608 crore.

New Delhi:Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Kaushal Kishore informed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, "Under the central vista development and redevelopment master plan, four projects namely construction of new Parliament building, redevelopment of central vista avenue, construction of common central secretariat building 1,2 & 3 and construction of Vice President residence are being implemented,"

"Rs 1,289 crore has been allocated for the works of development and redevelopment of central vista in the current financial year," said Kishore.

According to the government statistics, Rs 971 crore has been estimated for the new Parliament building out of which Rs 340.58 crore has been spent so far. The deadline for this particular project is October 2022. Estimated costs of development and redevelopment central vista avenue is Rs 608 crore out of which Rs 190.76 crore has already been incurred.

The estimated costs for the common central secretariat buildings 1,2 & 3 is Rs 3,690 crore and out of which Rs 7.85 cross has already been invited. The deadline for this particular project is November 2023.

The estimated costs for Vice President residence is Rs 208,48 crore and out of which Rs 15 crore has already been incurred. By November 2022, work of the Vice President residence is scheduled to be completed.

"The ongoing works at the central vista have provided direct livelihood opportunities to more than 10,000 skilled, semi skilled and unskilled workers on site and generated more than 24.12 lakh man days of employment. In addition, substantial employment in manufacturing and transportation of cement, steel and other building materials have been provided. This work of development and redevelopment of central vista will contribute to the economy of the country and will help in Atmanirbhar Bharat," said Kishore.

He clarified that there is no link between the works of central vista development and redevelopment with the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.