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16 Interesting Facts about New parliament building India
1. Material used in the construction of the building have been sourced from across the country.
2. The new building is in a triangular shape to unsure optimum space utilization, and a plot of the building also in a triangular shape.
3. The new Indian Parliament building is build in an area of 64,500 sq.m and it is a three-storey infrastructure.
4. The building is environment friendly build using green technology, the new building is supposed to reduce electricity consumption by 30% compared to the old one. Other features includes rainwater harvesting and water recycling it has been designed to be more space efficient and is meant to function for 150 years.
5. As per the new Parliament building for the building is prime to to to be earthquake safe Unlike the old one.
6. The new Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members can seat up to 1,272 and 384 members respectively.
7. A 16-foot-tall bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi will continue to remained the lawn between the old and new Parliament buildings.
8. The cost of the new Parliament building remains unkown, but the initial contract was given to the Tata project for rupees 861.9 crore (104 million dollars) the cost later reportedly increase to almost rupees 971 crore (175 million dollars).
9. The building is replete with national symbols including, The Lion Capital of Ashoka which weighs some 9,500 kg. The Ashoka Chakra and the word "Satyamev Jayate" on the entrance have been carved in stone.
10. As per the governments on website on the central visa project, the new Parliament building has utilized 26,045 metric tons of Steel 63,107 metric tons of cement and 9,689 metric tons of fly ash.
11. The theme of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is based on the national bird (peacock) and national flower (lotus) of India respectively.
12. The new building has a Constitution Hall, where the journey of Indian democracy has been documented.
13. MPs will have access to a lounge, dining hall and library. The building opens into a central courtyard with a banyan tree.
14. A golden sceptre, given to Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of Independence to mark the transfer of power from the British, will sit in the new Lok Sabha chamber, near the Speaker’s podium.
15. The new Parliament, all records — House proceedings, questions and other business — are being digitised. Besides, tablets and iPads will become a norm.
16. To build the parliament around 60,000 workers was involved from various locations across the country . Since the building was constructed during the pandemic, health clinics and vaccination camps were organised for the workers at the site and labour camps.
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