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Two years aft the AAP authorities archetypal floated tenders to prosecute consultants for constructing a twin-tower Secretariat successful Delhi, the Public Works Department (PWD) has travel up with a draught connection and an architectural illustration program for the projected buildings astatine ITO. The program has been submitted to Chief Minister Atishi, who besides holds the PWD portfolio, officials said.
Three buildings — PWD headquarters, GST bureau and Vikas Bhawan I — are to beryllium demolished. The program is to conception duplicate towers successful their stead — 1 astatine Vikas Bhawan-I and different replacing PWD and GST buildings. “One of the floors volition person a agelong corridor connecting to the bureau gathering astatine Vikas Bhawan connected the different side. Currently, it has offices of the Excise department, SC/ST, Public Accounts Committee, Delhi Commission for Women, and Public Grievance Redressal Office,” said a elder PWD official.
It is learnt that the full country of the 3 buildings would beryllium 53,603 sqm — 26,315 sqm for Vikas Bhawan 1, 16,229 sqm for the PWD building, and 11,059 sqm for the GST office. The task is estimated to outgo astir Rs 2,044 crore.
Currently, Delhi Sachivalaya adjacent ITO houses the offices of the CM, Deputy CM, 5 ministers, and apical bureaucrats.
According to officials, pursuing a gathering held successful January this year, Atishi directed her section to taxable a Cabinet enactment for in-principle support for the operation of the duplicate towers successful spot of the PWD gathering and Trade and Taxes building. “The department, successful October, submitted the Cabinet enactment to the curate on with a layout program and a illustration program of the buildings with overhead connectivity betwixt the projected towers,” said officials, adding that underground connectivity is inactive being considered.
The support follows inter-departmental consultations. “The last Cabinet enactment volition past beryllium placed earlier the Council of Ministers for support and fiscal sanction,” said officials.
The expenditure authorisation volition beryllium obtained from the Council of Ministers aft recommendations of the Expenditure Finance Committee, erstwhile in-principle motion is accorded by the Cabinet, added officials. “Once each approvals are received, the section volition question a budget for the task successful the revised budget,” said elder officials.
Conceptualised successful 2021 nether past Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who held the PWD portfolio, the program was to conception a secretariat gathering astatine Vikas Bhawan by demolishing the existing 11 gathering blocks.
Soon after, the section floated tenders to prosecute consultants. The consultants were appointed and fiscal bids opened, but the enactment was not awarded to the L-1 bidder owed to pending administrative support and expenditure authorisation by the competent authority, said officials.
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