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EAC defers nod for Parliament revamp
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- An apex environmental screening committee has deferred a decision on clearance to the Parliament redevelopment project.
- This has been done on the grounds that there was a dispute, being heard in the Delhi High Court, regarding the land on which some of the proposed structures were to come up, a person privy to the meeting told The Hindu.
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- Petitioner in the Delhi High Court mentioned:
(1) Alterations proposed under the Parliament redevelopment project will involve land-use change not in conformity with Delhi’s Master Plan.
(2) No permission be granted to cut trees for the expansion and renovation of the Parliament building, which is part of the Central Vista Redevelopment project and involves redeveloping the 3km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate in Lutyens’ Delhi.
- CPWD’s stance sought
(1) Delhi HC issued notice to the Ministry of Housing and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) seeking their stand on the petition and ordered that the decision of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) be conveyed to the court.
- Parliament redevelopment project
(1) The revamp, which was announced in September, envisages a new triangular Parliament building that is targeted to be constructed by August 2022, when the country will be celebrating its 75th Independence Day.
(2) The CPWD applied to the environment ministry to sought permission to fell 194 trees and plant 250 new trees as compensation.
(3) One of the plots had been earmarked for recreational use in the Master Plan for Delhi-2021, and the Delhi Development Authority had proposed changing it to “Parliament House” on December 20, 2019.
Sources
The Hindu