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New Parliament Building of India: Design, Cost, Location, Photos, News Updates

New Parliament Building of India: Design, Cost, Location, Photos, News Updates

New Parliament Building of India: Design, Cost, Location, Photos, News Updates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be attending the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Parliament building on December 10. Let’s know the best known facts about this new building:

  1. Functional Date: The new building will become functional by August 15, 2021.

2. New session of both Houses: On completion of the 75 years of India’s independence, new session of both the Houses will begin in the new Parliament building. The 75th Independence Day would fall on August 15, 2021.

3. Total sitting arrangement: There will be approx 888 seats for Lok Sabha members and more than 326 seats for Rajya Sabha members in the new building. 

4. Lok Sabha Hall: The Lok Sabha hall will be able to accommodate 1224 members simultaneously.

5. Temple of Aatmanirbhar Bharat: The new building will be a “temple of Aatmanirbhar Bharat” that will reflect the diversity of the nation, said Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.

“It will be 17,000 sq.m bigger in size than the old Parliament building and will be built over an area of 64,500 sq.m at an expense of Rs 971 crore.

Om Birla, Speaker, Lok Sabha

6. Earthquake resistant: The new Parliament building will be earthquake resistant. Also, around 2,000 people will be directly involved in the construction while 9,000 people will indirectly contribute to it.

7. New office for both houses: A new office complex for all MPs of both houses will be built at existing Shram Shakti Bhawan.

8. Its design and planning: While the mega project has been awarded to Tata Projects Ltd, its design has been prepared by HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt Ltd.

The Foundation Stone of present Parliament House was laid on February 12, 1921 while its construction took six years costing Rs 83 lakh at that time. The opening ceremony was performed on January 18, 1927 by the then Governor-General of India, Lord Irwin.

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