PM Modi to have his personal tunnel in Delhi to move from residence to parliament

February 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will now have his own dedicated tunnel road for the movement from his residence to the office and the parliament. In the redevelopment of seat of Parliament, special routes are being designed, in the line of American Mall, that will separate the movement of high-risk politicians from the general public that will end the regular traffic blockades and inconvenience caused during the VIP movements.

Master planner & Padma Shri recipient architect Bimal Patel while sharing the details of the planning in a presentation on “Central Vista Project: Re-imagining and Renewing A National Icon” last week at CEPT university, where he is the President, said that the idea is to free these spaces so that they are more accessible

.“Prime Minister’s motorcade goes away because he gets a tunnel from his home to his office and perhaps even other places. So, one way in which you free public places from security concerns is to separate out the people who need high security and put them away inside compounds. That’s how the US mall works. The idea is to make North and South block a grand national museum of our country,” Bimal Patel said during the two-hour PowerPoint presentation.

The presentation further showed the revised plan of construction for the new Central Vista. As per the plan, the PM’s house will be shifted near the South Block and Vice-President’s house behind the North Block. The office of defense personals will be replaced with the Special Protection Group (SPG) office and South Block will be converted into a museum of “India up to 1857”.

The full house capacity of the new parliament will be 1548 seats. There will be over 1000 officer chambers for the members of parliament. The new parliament building will also have a spire in golden colour. The project is likely to be completed by 2024.