Manickam Tagore, the Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar constituency, shared a video on Thursday of water leaking in the Parliament lobby used by the President on X and said that he would move an adjournment motion on the issue in the Lok Sabha.
Taking to X, he wrote, "Paper leakage outside, water leakage inside. The recent water leakage in the Parliament lobby used by the President highlights urgent weather resilience issues in the new building, just a year after completion. Moving adjournment motion on this issue in the Lok Sabha."
After heavy rainfall in the past few days in Delhi and its surrounding areas, severe waterlogging was observed at many places in the NCR regions. Even the newly constructed Parliament building was affected by waterlogging.
Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai shared a video of a waterlogged road outside the parliament house, saying, "When our ‘new’ parliament building is water-logged, what chance do we the citizens have?"
He raised questions about the construction time of the new building, writing, "The haste with which the new building was constructed has resulted in a structure that lacks aesthetics and character. Meanwhile, the wonderfully distinctive and charming old parliament building and iconic central hall lie mostly unused, which is saddening. Taxpayer money is going literally down the drain."
About Central Vista Project
The estimated cost of the Central Vista development and redevelopment projects is approximately Rs 20,000 crore. This includes the new Parliament building, MP Chambers, Central Vista Avenue, 10 buildings of the Common Central Secretariat, Central Conference Centre, additional buildings for the National Archives, a new IGNCA building, facilities for security officials, residences for the Vice President and Prime Minister, an Executive Enclave with the PM's Office, the relocation of the National Museum, and the transfer of hutments across 90 acres.
These projects are scheduled in phases until 2026. Currently, only the New Parliament Building (Rs 862 crore) and the Central Vista Avenue redevelopment (Rs 477 crore) have been awarded, with Rs 195 crore spent as of March 2021 and a budget of Rs 790 crore for 2021-22. The final costs for other projects will be determined after detailed project reports and tendering.
Privilege motion against PM
Yesterday, Congress MP Charanjeet Singh Channi moved a Privilege Motion against PM Modi for sharing on ‘X’ the video of the speech which included some portions that had been “expunged from the proceedings of the House by the Chair”. The Motion was moved under Rule 222 by former Punjab chief minister and MPCharanjit Singh Channi.
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