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150%
more seating capacity in new
Parliament House
888 384
Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha
Rooms Rooms
The Joint Parliament Session will
have a seating capacity of 1272 MPs
2,000
engineers and workers directly
and 9,000 workers indirectly
will be involved in construction
of new Parliament House
entire construction work
It will be impregnable and n Just as we have built the National War Memorial
in front of the old Martyrs’ Memorial of the
earthquake resistant colonial period, similarly today we are building a
new Parliament House dedicated to a new and
self-reliant India in front of the old Parliament
Eco Friendly Green House
Construction to reduce power n Construction of the Central Vista is going on in
consumption by 30% an area of about three km on both sides from
Rashtrapati Bhavan to Rajpath. Most of these
buildings are from before 1931
It will be built to meet the n It is necessary to promote cooperation among
needs of more than 150 employees to make an institution or Government
years more productive, but the existing structure of
the Central Secretariat is not in accordance with
Lok Sabha-Rajya Sabha will be equipped with the 21st century, so the Central Vista is needed
high quality audio video facilities. Every desk today
will be equipped with electronic gadgets n On both sides in 4 plots there will be 10 offices,
and then all ministries and offices of the
Government of India will come at one place.
and dining area reflecting India’s grand heritage There will be a tunnel from the metro station
The old building will continue to be in use even after
n itself to enter these buildings
the construction of the new Parliament House. Prime Minister’s residence and PMO are also
Both the buildings will work complementary to n part of the project. It will also house the Vice
each other. The historical conservation of the President’s office and residence
existing building is also being taken care of in the
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