Delhi gets its tallest building

"A great city like Delhi must have a good civic administration and all stakeholders should join hands to make it world-class," Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday as he unveiled the tallest building of the capital housing the new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

  • ?A great city like Delhi must have a good civic administration and all stakeholders should join hands to make it world-class,? Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday as he unveiled the tallest building of the capital housing the new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). (PTI)
    “A great city like Delhi must have a good civic administration and all stakeholders should join hands to make it world-class,” Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday as he unveiled the tallest building of the capital housing the new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). (PTI)
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  • The 28-storey 112-metre Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre, built at a cost of Rs 650 crore, was inaugurated at a function attended by former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, among others. (PTI)
    The 28-storey 112-metre Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre, built at a cost of Rs 650 crore, was inaugurated at a function attended by former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, among others. (PTI)
  • When the infrastructure will be world-class, citizens will take pride in it and ensure its maintenance themselves, said Chidambaram, who also took a round of the 'green building' constructed in an area of 12 acres.
    When the infrastructure will be world-class, citizens will take pride in it and ensure its maintenance themselves, said Chidambaram, who also took a round of the 'green building' constructed in an area of 12 acres.
  • The building, which will cater to 20,000 footfalls a day, will bring under one roof the deliberative wing and different offices of the civic body, which looks after 96 per cent of areas of Delhi. The existing MCD headquarters in Town Hall is expected to be turned into a heritage hotel or a museum. (PTI)
    The building, which will cater to 20,000 footfalls a day, will bring under one roof the deliberative wing and different offices of the civic body, which looks after 96 per cent of areas of Delhi. The existing MCD headquarters in Town Hall is expected to be turned into a heritage hotel or a museum. (PTI)
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  • The new headquarters of MCD has been constructed in an area of 1.16 lakh square metres with a concept of 'green building', which is designed for optimum utilisation of natural resources like air, water and sunlight. However, its construction had been hit by delays with the MCD missing several deadlines for shifting its offices. (PTI)
    The new headquarters of MCD has been constructed in an area of 1.16 lakh square metres with a concept of 'green building', which is designed for optimum utilisation of natural resources like air, water and sunlight. However, its construction had been hit by delays with the MCD missing several deadlines for shifting its offices. (PTI)
  • The foundation stone for the building was laid by Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1994 and work started in 2005, with Malyasia-based IJM Corporation as contractor. (PTI)
    The foundation stone for the building was laid by Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1994 and work started in 2005, with Malyasia-based IJM Corporation as contractor. (PTI)
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