All under one roof: Indian govt is building a common secretariat on Lodhi Road at a whopping cost of Rs 20k crore
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The secretariat will be built under a Rs 20,000-crore plan.
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The proposal is yet to be placed before PM Modi who will give the final approval.
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"CPWD had first proposed to shift all ministries out of the iconic North and South Blocks," a senior official told ET requesting anonymity. "However, serious security concerns were raised. So we scaled down the proposal to include only the government offices spread over different Bhawans."
Now the proposal only includes the ministries and departments scattered in different offices in several buildings, like Krishi Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, Paryavaran Bhawan, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Nirman Bhawan, LIC building in Connaught Place and RK Puram.
The government is yet to decide how it will use the buildings which will be vacated after these ministries and departments switch to the Common Secretariat. Turning them into museums and leasing them as office spaces are two of the options under consideration.
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