The Delhi Government has granted approval to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to transplant 173 trees from the site of the proposed executive enclave under the Central Vista redevelopment project. The Executive Enclave will come up on the south side of South Block in plot number 36/38 in the high-security Lutyens' Delhi.
The executive enclave, which is proposed to come up near the South Block, will include the Prime Minister’s Office, India House, Cabinet Secretariat and National Security Council Secretariat. “The nation is now set to get a new PMO soon in the capital. Sometime back, the CPWD had sought permission for transplantation of some trees at the project site from Delhi Government. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took up the matter on priority given its importance, and his timely intervention in the matter has helped expedite the project,” the Delhi Government said in a statement.
The Kejriwal Government has approved the proposal upon the condition that the agency would take up 10-times compensatory plantation. The Executive Enclave will be constructed under the Centre's ambitious Central Vista redevelopment project.
Housing the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), cabinet secretariat, India House and the National Security Council Secretariat, the Executive Enclave will cost an estimated Rs 1,189 crore.