Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (December 10, 2020) laid the foundation stone of new Parliament building in the national capital. He will also perform the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for the new Parliament House building.
PM Modi attended the function near India Gate physically.
The new Parliament building, which will be constructed by 2022, will be spread across 64,500 sq metres. According to the government sources, the new building will replace the existing 93 years old Parliament house.
Union cabinet ministers and ministers of state and some other senior dignitaries are participating in the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony virtually.
1. The dimensions of the Lok Sabha in the new building will be thrice as big as the present one. The size of the Rajya Sabha will also be bigger than the current Rajya Sabha.
2. Tata Projects Limited will construct the new Parliament House which has been designed HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited.
3. The Centre said that the new Parliament House will be in sync with the sensibilities and aspirations of a new India and will be equipped with modern technologies.
4. The total cost of the new Parliament building is estimated at Rs 971 crore.
5. The building will have six entrances: one for the President and Prime Minister; one for the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, and MPs; a ceremonial entrance in general; another entrance for MPs; and two public entrances.
6. The new Parliament complex will have four floors — lower ground, upper ground, first and second floors.
7. Lok Sabha chamber will have 888 seats and it will cover an area of 1,145 square metre.