Central Vista revamp: Project of ‘national importance’ for New India

In September 2019, the government announced the plan to redevelop Central Vista spread over approximately 4 square km. Three years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate redeveloped Central Vista Avenue, the first part of the ₹13,500-crore project. The Opposition parties criticised the project, especially the government’s decision to start the construction during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the Centre maintained its necessity and called it a project of “national importance”. The project is aimed at creating modern office spaces for ministries and government departments, a new Parliament building, houses for the Vice President and Prime Minister, redeveloping the Avenue, and upgrading the infrastructure.