Today, 20-5-2020 The Hindu, carried a letter written by Mr O N #Bhargava. Mr Bhargava,now aged 94; worked with #Feroze_Gandhi MP h/o #Indira #Gandhi during the 1950s when he represented Rae Bareli UP in the Lok Sabha.Feroze raised #Mundira_scandal against #Nehru_cabinet .
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*Raising concerns*
The open letter sent by 60 former bureaucrats to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri (Inside pages, “Halt Central Vista project, says exofficials”, May 19) is a timely reminder to the government to take a pragmatic decision to halt the Central Vista Project. Besides the wellfounded reasons advanced by the collective wisdom of experienced officers, it also amounts to expression of their agony. The massive structures such as Parliament, the North and South Blocks as well as Rail Bhavan are also the nerve centres of Indian administration. Hence prudence demands that governance should not be put to any from of disturbance, more so in a time when the economy of the country is in the doldrums. The feasibility of this massive undertaking is also doubtful if one takes into account the projected traffic that willl be generated. At present, the roads reaching the “Central Vista” area from all directions take on a heavy load. Hence this ambitious project should be held in abeyance. The possible availability of large construction agencies of the world with massive infrastructure rendered idle due to the pandemic should not be a criteria to involve them in this project.
O.N. Bhargava,
Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
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