Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his Government initiated the construction of many major buildings in the Capital which were in limbo and were only on files for the past two decades and finished the work well before the targeted time.
Inaugurating the new three towers with 76 apartments for MPs, Modi cited that many important buildings like National War Memorial, Ambedkar International Centre, National Police Memorial and CIC building constructions were started from mid 2014.
Modi said delay in construction of major buildings leads to economic burden. “It also leads to economic burden. But serious efforts to overcome this problem began especially after 2014.
The decades-old problems can be resolved by finding solutions to them and not by avoiding.
Not only the accommodation for MPs, there were several projects in Delhi which had been lying incomplete for many years, and were in limbo. Construction of several buildings began during this Government itself and was completed in the stipulated time, even before the scheduled time. When there was the Government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, discussion began on the Ambedkar National Memorial. It took several years for its construction and it was completed only after the formation of this Government.
“The Doctor Ambedkar International Centre was built by this government after a long wait of 23 years. The new building of the Central Information Commission was completed by this Government. The country was, for decades, discussing a proposal of the War Memorial. The brave soldiers of our country were expecting and demanding this for a long time. Our Government also had the privilege of constructing a war memorial near India Gate in memory of the country’s martyrs. Thousands of policemen in our country have sacrificed their lives to maintain law and order. Thousands of policemen have been martyred.
The National Police Memorial in their memory was also built by this Government,” said Modi, narrating several projects completed by his Government on time.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Hardeep Puri were present in the function.
The 76 new residences for MPs have been built within 27 months at a cost of Rs 188 crore, in three towers named after Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.