After hiring Gujarat-based architecture firm HCP Designs as consultant for the Centre’s ambitious project to redevelop the Central
Vista, including Parliament and Rajpath, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has issued notification for change of land use of 100.9 acre under the Master Plan for Delhi 2021.
As per the notification, 76.6 acre land will be used for the construction of Government offices while 9.5 acre land to be used for the construction of a new Parliament building. Nearly 15 acre land will be used for residential purposes.
While the Ministry is yet to make the plan public, sources said the Prime Minister’s residence could be shifted closer to the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block.
The DDA has sought objections to and suggestions on its modification proposal within 30 days following the directions of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
According to the notification, the authority has proposed to change land use of a 9.5-acre plot opposite the Parliament House with Red Cross Road to its north, Raisina Road to its south and Parliament to its west. It is now marked for recreational use in the form of a district park.
“A 15 acre on Church Road near DTC Central Secretariat Bus Terminal is likely to be used for Government offices. The plot is located at Church Road to its north, north block and Rashtrapati Bhawan in its south, part of north block to its east and Rashtrapati Bhawan to its west,” the notification said.
The notification said that 5.88 acre of land which is located on south of Dr Rajendra Prasad Road and houses National Archives is likely to be used for Government offices while 1.88 acre is to be recreational purposes.
The plot is surrounded to its north on Dr Rajendra Prasad Road while green area and Rajpath is to its south, Janpath to its east and Shastri Bhawan to its west.
“A 24.7 acre plot existed on the south Dr Rajendra Prasad Road and east of Janpath is to be used for the Government offices purposes,” it said.
A 4.5 acre plot located on east of Man Singh Road and south of Ashoka Road is also to be used for government offices. The plot is surrounded by Ashoka Road to its north, green area and Rajpath to its south, C Hexagon to its east and Man Singh Road to its west.
A plot measuring 24.7 acre located on north of Maulana Azad Road and east of Janpath will also be used for the Government offices. The land is surrounded by green area and Rajpath to its north, Maulana Azad road to its south, Man Singh Road to its east and Janpath to its west.
Another plot measuring 15 acre existed on north of Dalhausi Road near South Block, is to be used for Government offices.
The notification comes at a time when the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, under which the DDA operates, is preparing for a redevelopment of Parliament, the Central Vista and Government offices in the area.
The firm HCP Designs, which will be paid Rs 229.75 crore for consultancy services, will prepare the master plan of the project, including designs, cost estimation, landscape and traffic integration plans, and parking facilities among others.
The same architect firm designed BJP’s new headquarters in the national Capital, IIM campus in Ahmedabad, the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project, State Secretariat and Central Vista in Gandhinagar, and executed the redevelopment of temple complex in Varanasi. It has also developed the Mumbai Port Complex.