The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has said that the heritage building of National Archives will be retained while the National Museum will get shifted to retrofitted North and South Blocks. As per plan, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) will be temporarily housed in the refurbished Janpath Hotel building and will finally be shifted to a new building to be constructed at Jamnagar House plot.
In a reply to Rajya Sabha, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that as per Central Vista Development/ Redevelopment Plan evolved so far, heritage building of National Archives will be retained. National Museum will get shifted to retrofitted North and South Blocks. “Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) will be temporarily housed in the refurbished Janpath Hotel building and will finally be shifted to a new building to be constructed at Jamnagar House plot”, he said in a written reply to a starred question asked by MP KC Venugopal in Central Vista Redevelopment Project.
“Clearance of Heritage Conservation Committee has been obtained on 11.01.2021 for construction of New Parliament Building and for Central Vista Avenue Projects on 02.02.2021. For other projects, it will be obtained, wherever necessary’, Puri said.
The Centre last week held the bhoomi poojan for laying the foundation stone of the redeveloped and restructured Central Vista Avenue—the next phase of the Central Vista redevelopment plan.
