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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone on 10 December for new Parliament building.
Lok sabha speaker explaining the features said, new Parliament building will have an area of 64,500 square metres with the estimated cost of Rs 971 crore.
The new building will be earthquake resistant and 2000 people will be directly involved in the construction of the new building and 9,000 indirectly.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla said, “The existing temple of democracy is completing 100 years… It is a matter of pride for our countrymen that the new one will be built by our own people as a prime example of Aatmanirbhar Bharat,”.
“The new building will showcase the cultural diversity of the country. Hopefully, in the 75th year of independence, Parliament session will be held in the new building,”
With the capacity to host 1,224 MPs at a same in the building, it will be amongst the biggest new office complex for all MPs of both the houses would be built at the site of the existing Shram Shakti Bhawan.