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The Times of India: A
New Parliament?
More than a new building, what Parliament needs is
new regulations against disruption हंगामा
Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has written to Urban Development Minister Venkaiah
Naidu with a proposal प्रस्ताव for a
new Parliament building, arguing that the 88-year old Sansad Bhavan is showing
signs of “distress दुःख and over
utilisation प्रयोग “ and it
won't be able to meet the legislature's कानून बनाने वाली सभा growing
demand for space. The Speaker's proposal for a “new state-of-art Parliament
building“ echoes गूंज a
similar one made earlier by her predecessor पूर्वाधिकारी Meira
Kumar.Mahajan has reportedly खबरों के अनुसार suggested two options for an alternative building: either a new
building within the existing Parliament complex or a new one nearby , across
Rajpath in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi.
Two major
reasons have been cited प्रमाण देना in support of a new
building.First, there is no scope for increasing the present seating capacity
of the House though the number of seats in Lok Sabha may go up in 2026.
Second,
the present structure, inaugurated शुभारंभ करना in 1927, does not have
adequate पर्याप्त space to
accommodate all the staff, security and parliamentary activities that have
exponentially
चरघातांकी तरीके से grown since then.
Sansad
Bhavan or Parliament House is as central to the heart of Delhi as West minster
is to London or the Capitol अमरीकी संसद भवन Building is to Washington. While it certainly needs upgrades and
modifications, is there really a need to create a whole new building,
especially given the huge financial costs that will be involved? As a heritage उत्तराधिकार
building
that is central to the imagination कल्पना of
India, and of its capital, Parliament is a landmark सीमाचिह्न.
Creating a new one may be unnecessary .
In fact,
India's legislative building is young compared to many peers मित्र समूह (: the United States Capitol
has been in use since 1800 and London's Palace of Westminster has been home to
the British Parliament for centuries. Both have undergone गुज़रना
upgradations. The British Parliament's current restoration plan, for example,
is estimated to cost over five billion pounds, while the US Capitol has also
been renovated several times. Our own Parliament has been refurbished नवीकरण करना in the past with the
creation of a new Parliament Library complex. Such additions are essential but
not changing the seat of India's democracy .
More than
a new house, what Parliament needs is new regulations against disruption that
ensure taxpayer money is not wasted. For example, between 2009 and 2014,
Parliament sat on average for 69 days each year (less than 18.9% of each year).
This winter session, Rajya Sabha only worked for 51% of its scheduled time.
Each minute of parliamentary disruption costs Rs 29,000. This is what we need
to fix urgently.
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