Capital Dystopia
The Central Vista has been a highly protected special district in the Delhi Master Plan and detailed urban design studies need to be conducted before development guidelines are drawn up.
The recent announcement by the central government of its plans to redevelop the Parliament complex and Central Vista has stunned built-environment professionals across India. It appears from the published Expression of Interest document that the government has not thought through the project. The timelines defined appear to be impossible, the conditions of work ignore
