Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to move out of Nirman Bhawan by end of June
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is likely to be among the first ministries to move out of its Nirman Bhawan offices as part of the Union government's plans to shift out all Ministry offices in the national capital to a set of Common Central Secretariat office buildings along Kartavya Path as envisioned in its Central Vista redevelopment project.
MoHUA on Monday issued an Office Memorandum, stating that it had been decided to move the Ministry, Directorate of Estates, Land and Development Office, and other divisions out of Nirman Bhawan by the end of June. Nirman Bhawan also houses offices of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The memorandum said the new building premises will be equipped with basic office infrastructure that will include furniture, NIC connectivity, ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) facilities, and basic amenities. It, however, noted that the missions concerned, offices of the MOHUA 'may have to take their own computers/desktops, printers, scanners, TV units, etc. as these items are not being provided as part of the infrastructure setup'.
As a part of the Central Vista redevelopment, the Centre had proposed a CCS of nine office buildings and a conference centre on Kartavya Path (formerly Rajpath) to accommodate all Ministries. The first three of these office buildings are now close to completion.
According to the plans proposed by the Centre for this administrative shift, the existing structures on the plots, including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Shastri Bhawan, Nirman Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan and Krishi Bhawan, are to be demolished to make way for the new buildings.
MoHUA has also called for all missions, divisions, and offices of the Land and Development Office, the Directorate of Estates/ Central Public Works Department to constitute their respective internal relocation teams and designate nodal officers by Tuesday (June 10) to coordinate the move from Nirman Bhawan.
Nirman Bhawan, along with office buildings like Udyog Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, Rail Bhawan, and Krishi Bhawan, was constructed between 1956 to 1968 to address the increased demand for office spaces of the Union government ministries.
The overall rough estimated cost for the entire Central Vista redevelopment project, including the new Parliament buildings, the Common Central Secretariat complexes, and the redevelopment of Kartavya Path is expected to be around ₹20,000 crore, the government's official website on the project said.
The Hindu had previously reported that work of building the CCS office buildings was bagged by Larsen and Toubro in October, 2021 at a cost of ₹3,141.99 crore, which was the largest contract in the history of the CPWD at the time.
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