Central Vista Redevelopment Project (The Reality)
This includes all the truths and some of my perspective on the full controversy.
The PM Modi’s ambitious project — “The Central Vista Redevelopment Project” is under spotlight because as it is being opposed by some of the TOP political leaders of the country (12 opposition party leaders wrote a letter to PM Modi, sought to halt Central Vista Project) and the renowned environmentalists of the country (over cutting of Jamun Trees, which are believed to be the Heritage of India, though they are actually not even being touched by the CPWD as clarified by the Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri).
What is the Central Vista Redevelopment Project?
It is an ambitious project of the NDA government at the Center, which aims to redevelop a 3.2-km stretch called the Central Vista that lies at the heart of Lutyens Delhi built by the Britishers in the 1930s.
The project involves demolishing and rebuilding several government buildings, including iconic landmarks, and constructing a new Parliament at a total cost of Rs 20,000 crore.
What is the estimated cost of the Central Vista Project?
The Central Vista Project is estimated to cost Rs. 20,000 crores. Out of this, around Rs. 1,000 crores will be used for the construction of a new Parliament Building.
What is a sum of Rs. 20,000 crores, which is currently earning more than Rs. 1 lakh crores, monthly via GST only!
Also people saying to invest this amount in COVID relief, the central government has announced three relief packages, cumulatively worth Rs 24.35 lakhs crore as in February. The central vista project budget is less than 1% of the above. The country needed the renovation to promote tourism, the next big thing after COVID would be the tourism. So, its a pretty good plan and execution from the side of the central government.
Why NEW PARLIAMENT?
The current Parliament building, which was built by the Britishers, is nearly 93 years old and poses structural safety concerns, according to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said. It is “highly stressed” and the quality of amenities it offers has “considerably” deteriorated over the years.
The current Parliament building was designed by Edwin Lutyens, and finished its construction in the 1927.
Also, for information- MODI ISN'T BUILDING HIMSELF A NEW HOME, ITS A PARLIAMENT BUILDING, belongs to the general public of India, viz. The Government of India, whoever is in power..
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A Parliament is a legislative body of government, to runs its meetings and day to day works it needs a building, with latest technologies and feature there is, not a 94 years old, bound to collapse, building.
Was this necessary in the COVID time?
Before, answering this question! Please answer to the below question-
WHEN DO YOU RENOVATE YOUR HOUSE?
a) When its filled with your guests, or
b) When there is no guests visiting you for a foreseeable time.
As most of reasonable person would pick option “b” , that is exactly what the central government executives did. So, as to when economy is again open for tourism, rest of the world comes to India not to see the poverty of Dharavi but see the development we are doing..
Even if you don’t agree to timing the project in this passage of time, You are welcome to have your opinion and I ain’t giving piss about that..
ARE WE DESTROYING INDIA’S HERITAGE- NO!
Considering the reminiscence of The Brutal British Rule is not HERITAGE.
One might oppose this by saying-
Heritage is meant to be preserved not improved. Under this lens; Qutub Minar, Taj Mahal and Red Fort should be next. We cannot erase the past. Britishers and Mughal ruled us because we were never united. It was under the Britishers that we came together before that India was just a bunch of different families fighting each other. However I understand that it’s needed and this project will save government a lot of rent that they pay but at the cost of what? The damage is irreversible.
My View on this is-
I think that its due to Britishers, that many systems in our countries are corrupt and Education System has become 💩. While growing up I have seen signs of white supremacy being taught in school -“How India was built and modernized in British rule,” while that’s far from the truth. I think even after so many year the British propaganda has continued in Indian minds, which is the problem. Now Mughals didn’t leave such self propagating corrupt ideas, in fact they became Indians. While Britishers were people of different country. Their was no cultural exchange and no exchange of thoughts or ideas in British Rule, it was a forceful imposition of their Ideology, which is stuck with us. When talking about Tughlaqs and Mughals we don’t say that Afghanistan colonized us or we don’t say that India was colonized by Turkey. But India was colonized by the Britishers, which remains was and will remain to be a country.Hence Mughals and Turks are our heritage, but I’d argue that Brits aren’t our heritage. Brits came to exploit us and Mughals came to rule us and later became one of us.
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