New Delhi: The center on Friday told the Supreme Court that as part of Indian independence celebrations, 118 hectares of land bordering Yamuna Banks east and west will be converted into a biodiversity park to create additional recreational roads for Delhies.
Kanu Agrawal Central Government Advisor told Judicial AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar that the government in a statement explains the error in conflicting Rajeev Suri that the new vice-presidential housing complex near Rashtrapati Bhavan, under the Vista Central Project, will eat the previous land for purposes Public recreation.
The center said the new housing complex for the vice president, which would allow him to quick access to Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament, there was in Plot No.
1 From Central Vista, which is located on the Church street near the Delhi Transport (DTC) Central Secretariat Bus Terminal, New Delhi.
The current area only has an office complex and the parent plan has been amended to change the land for housing purposes, he said.
Whatever loses the public area because Vista’s central project has been more than compensated in a new plan, said Center.
“Respondents (governments and institutions) have been, given the overall public goals of the Central Vista and the overall vision behind the same, compensated and in fact, increasing various public areas for recreational purposes and adding many facilities in the overall parent plan.
From the project The center of Vista, which is a public facility, exceeds and above, for greater public benefits, “he added.
The Union Government said that it was aware of the public nature of the Vista Center project and specifically seeks to add various public facilities for a larger vision plan and have Suo Motu creating a lot of space for recreational purposes.
“Block north and south, which covers almost 27 hectares, and is proposed to be converted into a national museum that shows off ‘India in manufacturing’, prehistoric to this time.
The museum will be open to the public and serve important public purposes,” it said.
“In addition to the same, nearly 118 hectares of land on the eastern and western edge of the Yamuna River near the Akshardham Temple on the east and near thermal power plants in the West are being developed as a biodiversity park of Amruption to commemorate 75 years of Indian independence to fulfill public recreational aspirations in general,” Add it.