The new building of Parliament and other structures are likely to be lower than iconic India Gate in the redevelopment plan of Central Vista. The height of India Gate is around 42 metres.
Top Sources said by February, tenders of the project will be floated after getting all permissions from all concerned authorities.
Sources said the Central Government will construct eight seven-storey buildings in Lutyens' Delhi to accommodate offices of various ministries, which would be built after demolishing a few major buildings. The ministry of housing and urban affairs has recently changed the land use of over 100 acres of Rajpath Lutyens Delhi.
The redevelopment plan is also likely to include a triangular Parliament building next to the existing one, which is expected to be completed by 2022, sources said, adding that there is also plan to shift the Prime Minister's residence near the Parliament complex.
The existing Parliament building will remain the same, and offices ministers and MPs will be in a new building.
Sources said that Vigyan Bhavan, Shastri Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan and Transport Bhawan are among other buildings which are likely to be demolished during the execution of redevelopment of Central Vista.
However, no heritage buildings will be demolished.
In September this year, the Narendra Modi government had unveiled its mega plan to redevelop the over 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi.
The Government on September 2 floated a request for proposal for the “development or redevelopment of Parliament Building, Common Central Secretariat and Central Vista.”
“We will construct the new building of Parliament in a plot near the existing one. We will also construct eight new buildings which will accommodate offices of various ministries. All buildings will be lower than the India Gate,” sources also said.
In September, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said the British ruled India for 190 years and they had good architects who built buildings which is now part of the country's cultural heritage.
“North and South Blocks should be made museums that reflect 190 years (of British rule)...What will happen to the Parliament building? We will construct a new building which will connect Parliament through an underground pathway,” Puri had said.