Vice-President’s residence, part of Central Vista, to be inaugurated by 2023-end

The cost of construction of the new V-P residence is ₹206.49 crore

With Parliament done, the next major project of the Central Vista – a new residence for the Vice President – is expected to be completed by the year end. By mid-2024, the first three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat would also be likely ready. 

Sources said that more than 60% of the work on the new V-P residence, which is spread over an area of 15 acres, near the North Block, was over. The complex would include the V-P’s residence, a secretariat, a guest house, a sports facility, staff quarters, barracks and ancillary buildings. 

The current residence of the Vice President is adjacent to the Vigyan Bhawan convention centre on the capital’s Maulana Azad Road. 

The cost of construction of the new V-P residence is ₹206.49 crore, which includes construction and five years of operation and maintenance.

The other project on which frenetic work continues is the Common Central Secretariat.

The first three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat (CCS), which is being built at the plot which earlier housed the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, would also be ready by June next year, the sources said. The IGNCA has now been shifted to Hotel Janpath and its final destination is supposed to be Jamnagar House.

According to the Central Vista portal, the CCS will comprise 10 office buildings and a Central Conference Centre. All 51 ministries of the government are proposed to be located at one location to ensure “collaboration, coordination and synergy”, it says. The new office buildings will hold 54,000 personnel.