Earlier, there used to be red gravel in about 94 thousand square meter area on both sides of Rajpath, but now red stone tiles have been installed.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva to adjourn for 3 weeks the Board's plea seeking preservation and protection of its heritage properties that are likely to be impacted by the project and said that being a “long plan”, the redevelopment has not reached the properties in question.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order which had rejected a PIL seeking to halt Central Vista construction work in view of the COVID pandemic.
PIL seeking stay on the construction of Central Vista amid the raging COVID pandemic was just another attempt to stall the project, Centre says to Supreme Court
The redevelopment project of the Central Vista -- the power corridor of the country -- envisages a new triangular Parliament building, a common Central Secretariat, the revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and new residences for the prime minister and the vice president.
The new Parliament building will have a triangular shape and is expected to be completed by the 75th anniversary of India's independence in 2022. The government plans to hold the monsoon session of Parliament in 2022 in the new building.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the environmental clearance and notification for change in land use for Central Vista Project. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna, however, directed project proponent of Central Vista project to install smog tower and use anti-smog guns at all construction sites. It added that after the project is completed, smog tower be installed in the area.
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