PM Modi Visits Parliament Building Construction Site At Night, Inspects Work

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the construction site of the new parliament building in Delhi late this evening. PM Modi, clad in a white kurta churidar along with a safety helmet, was seen inspecting the work-in-progress.

Several photos showed PM Modi doing the first-hand inspection of the construction status of the building. He visited the site at around 8.45 pm and spent almost an hour at the site, reported news agency ANI.

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PM Narendra Modi went to the construction site of the new parliament building in New Delhi at around 8.45 pm today. He spent almost an hour at the site & did a first-hand inspection of the construction status of the new parliament building. pic.twitter.com/kYIwbgXwxq

— ANI (@ANI) September 26, 2021

This was the first time that the Prime Minister was visiting the site of the building whose construction amid the pandemic have received a lot of criticism from the opposition parties. The opposition parties say the project should be stopped to save funds for management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main Central Vista project envisages building a new Parliament House, a new residential complex to house offices and the Prime Minister and the Vice President. It will also have new office buildings and a Central Secretariat to accommodate various ministries’ offices.

Laying the foundation stone for the new Parliament in December last year, the Prime Minister had said the new building will fulfill the country’s aspirations of the 21st Century while symbolising the “co-existence of the new and the old”. “The (existing) building is now looking to retire. It is incumbent upon all of us to give 21st Century India a new Parliament building,” he had said.