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Case 44 · Economic shock

Central Vista. A vanity rebuild in a plague year

Approved 2020. New House opened May 2023

Priorities never justified

2,270 days since Recorded outcome: Priorities never justified.

Human cost Est
A pandemic-era spend while oxygen and vaccines ran short
Financial cost Est
~₹20,000 cr redevelopment, including a new Parliament (~₹970 cr)

What happened

The government pressed ahead with a sweeping redevelopment of the capital's central avenue and a new Parliament building through the pandemic, declaring it an essential project.

Claim against record

What the government said

The government said the old buildings were unfit and outdated and the project would save money over time.

What the record shows

Priorities never justified

As citizens queued for oxygen and hospitals ran dry, thousands of crore went into remaking the seat of power, with the heritage and cost concerns brushed aside and the courts asked to treat it as untouchable. The priorities were never honestly defended to a grieving public.

What accountability should have looked like

Sequence the spending behind the emergency, publish the full cost and rationale, and let heritage and Parliament oversight run their course.

Ministers and office-holders responsible

Naming who held the portfolio is a matter of public record. It is not by itself a finding of personal responsibility for any death or any rupee.

Sources

T1 primary record · T2 reporting · T3 partisan

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Citizens' Accountability Ledger, "Central Vista. A vanity rebuild in a plague year" (Approved 2020. New House opened May 2023), case-10. https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-10/

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