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Red granite from Lakha near Ajmer and white marble from Ambaji Rajasthan
The steel structure for the ‘false ceiling’ in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers has been sourced from the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
The ‘fly ash’ bricks used in the construction were sourced from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi. The carpets of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, the floor made of Bamboos of Tripura and the stone carvings of Rajasthan in the new Parliament House reflect the cultural diversity of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament House on Sunday. The teak wood used in the new parliament building was brought from Nagpur in Maharashtra, while the red and white sandstone was obtained from Sarmathura in Rajasthan.
Sandstone for the Red Fort and Humayun’s Tomb in the national capital was also brought from Saramathura. Saffron green stone has been procured from Udaipur, red granite from Lakha near Ajmer and white marble from Ambaji Rajasthan. An official said, “In a way, the entire country came together to build the temple of democracy, thus reflecting the true spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.”
The steel structure for the ‘false ceiling’ in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers has been sourced from the Union Territory of Daman and Diu, while the furniture for the new building was fabricated in Mumbai. It was brought from Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The material for the Ashoka Icon was brought from Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Jaipur in Rajasthan, while the material for the exteriors of the Parliament House was procured from Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
The stone carving work was done by sculptors from Abu Road and Udaipur and the stones were brought from Kotputli, Rajasthan. Sand produced from Charkhi Dadri in Haryana or ‘M-Sand’ was used for making concrete mix for the construction activities in the new Parliament House. ‘M sand’ is a form of artificial sand, which is manufactured by breaking large hard boulders or granite into fine particles that separate from river sand. The ‘fly ash’ bricks used in the construction were sourced from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, while the material for the brass work and ‘ready-made moulds’ were sourced from Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
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Tags: Indian Parliament, New Parliament Building
FIRST PUBLISHED : May 27, 2023, 04:00 AM IST
