Adieu to colonial seat of power: What Central Vista will look like

Padma Shri Bimal Patel is the man behind the redevelopment of Parliament and the Central Vista project

The ambitious revamp of India’s power centre in Delhi began on Thursday evening with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating its first project — the Central Vista Avenue or Kartavya Path, hitherto known as Rajpath. The 3-km stretch, with India Gate at one end and Rashtrapati Bhavan on the other, has been rebuilt as part of the Central Vista project.

Key features of central vista avenue
 

Project cost: Rs 608 crore

Executed by: Central Public Works Department (CPWD)

Contract of redevelopment: Shapoorji Pallonji & Company

• 16.5-km pedestrian walkways added along erstwhile Rajpath, across lawns, along the canals, and at the India Gate precincts
• Allotted space for