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Facility
Eco-Friendly Buildings

EIGHT BUNGALOWS

Accommodation for the newly elected
REDEVELOPED long-standing problem. The MPs have to put
Members of Parliament in Delhi has been a

TO BUILD up in hotels for a long time and this leads to

financial burden on the Government. Even
76 FLATS FOR MPs compulsion. After 2014, serious efforts have
the MPs did not enjoy this, but were under

been made to overcome this problem

t the Dr B D Road in Delhi, close to them.
AParliament, more than 80-year-old l Several projects in Delhi were lying
eight bungalows were redeveloped into incomplete for many years, and were in
76 flats. Keeping in mind the protection of limbo. Construction of several buildings
the environment, these flats have energy began and completed in the stipulated time.
conservation measures, solar and sewage It included Ambedkar National Memorial,
treatment plants. Bricks used in the building Doctor Ambedkar International Centre, the
are made from fly ash. The building has new building of the Central Information
double glazed windows for thermal insulation. Commission and the War Memorial near
Energy efficient LED light fittings, occupancy- India Gate in the memory of the country's
based sensors for light control, air conditioners martyrs
with VRV system for low power consumption, l The Parliament session happened amid a
low flow fixtures for conservation of water, slew of precautions and new arrangements
rainwater harvesting system and rooftop solar during the Coronavirus period. One can find
plant were also installed in the building. a new mindset and a new approach in the
Construction of these flats has been working style and governance of the country
completed with savings of about 14 per cent l am sure the next Lok Sabha will also play
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from the sanctioned cost and without time a very important role to take the country
overrun despite the impact of COVID-19. forward in the new decade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated l It is said that we can attain karma through
these flats on November 23, 2020. our true resolutions and our intentions.
IMPORTANT POINTS FROM PRIME Today, we have resources and also firm
MINISTER’S SPEECH: determination
l Decades-old problems can be resolved by
finding solutions to them and not by avoiding (Scan QR code for full speech of
Prime Minister )
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