NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex on Sunday (May 28), the centrepiece of a US$2.4 billion (S$3.3 billion) project that aims to remake British colonial-era buildings in the capital's centre and give it a distinct Indian identity. The inauguration, and the ongoing makeover of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian...
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new parliament complex on Sunday , the centrepiece of a US$2.4 billion project that aims to remake British colonial-era buildings in the capital's centre and give it a distinct Indian identity.
The new, triangular-shaped parliament complex is just across from the heritage building built by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in 1927, two decades before India's independence.It has said a new parliament building is badly needed as the existing structure "is highly stressed" for a number of reasons including capacity, infrastructure, technology and safety.
It features four storeys and halls themed according to the national symbols of the peacock, lotus and banyan tree, and murals, sculptures and art from across the country capturing 5,000 years of Indian civilisation, said an architect directly involved in the project.But critics of Modi see the new parliament, designed by an architect from his home state of Gujarat, as an attempt to bolster his brand of nationalism as part of a personal legacy.
On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a public interest petition that sought a direction from the court to get the president to inaugurate the building instead of Modi.
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