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Hardeep Puri said that In the current economic scenario, the project will generate large number of direct and indirect employment.

The estimated cost for construction of the new Parliament building will run up to Rs 971 crore, Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Puri informed the Parliament on Tuesday. This means that the present estimated cost has shot up by at least Rs 82 crore than the Centre’s initial estimate in the tender for the new Parliament.

The delicate for development of the new Parliament Building is under investigation while structural designs for different structures are in the arranging stage, Puri said in light of an inquiry raised by All India Trinamool Congress(AITC) MP Mala Roy in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

“The assessed cost for development of the new Parliament building is Rs 971 crore. Assessed cost of different structures and advancement/redevelopment of Central Vista Avenue will be worked out after the finish of plans,” Puri said.

A week ago, Tata Projects Limited had developed as the lower of the two bidders for the delicate for building the new Parliament complex by citing Rs 861.90 crore, when the money related offers for the venture opened last Wednesday. As per the Central Public Works Department’s (CPWD) delicate, the assessed cost of development for the new structure is Rs 889 crore.

Because of an inquiry from Roy looking for ‘the method of reasoning behind the undertaking considering the way that economy is in dejection’; Puri said that the ‘offices and courtesies of the 93-year-old existing Parliament building “are exceptionally lacking to satisfy the current need of the Parliament.’

The Central Vista redevelopment venture has gone under analysis from various quarters. While the Opposition has called for suspending around Rs 20,000 crore venture because of the pandemic, a few moderates have contended that it would change the noteworthy idea of Lutyens’ Delhi.

“This structure is as of now 93 years of age and has since been proclaimed legacy grade-I constructing. Its offices and pleasantries are exceptionally lacking to satisfy the current need of the Parliament. There is an intense lack of office space and there are no individual chambers for Members of Parliament. This structure was not intended to be for bicameral Parliament and has been over-worried through huge scope retrofitting done throughout the long term,” Puri said.

Puri said that In the current monetary situation, the task will produce a huge number of immediate and aberrant businesses.