The national capital is likely to have a new Parliament building in the next five years. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Friday that one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects is to reconstruct buildings built between 1911 and 1927 like North Block, South Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Parliament building.
“We are going to reconstruct all of that. By the time we meet in 2024, at the time of next election, it is our expectation that we will be in a new Parliament building,” he said at a conference jointly organised by industry body FICCI and Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
He said the government’s request for proposals have received a great response by the stakeholders. Puri said the new Land Pooling Policy will transform Delhi into the world’s largest megapolis by 2024.