{
 "no": 10,
 "id": "case-10",
 "sk": 20200528,
 "year": 2020,
 "date": "Approved 2020. New House opened May 2023",
 "cat": "Economic shock",
 "sev": "amber",
 "title": "Central Vista. A vanity rebuild in a plague year",
 "stamp": "Priorities never justified",
 "human": {
  "v": "A pandemic-era spend while oxygen and vaccines ran short",
  "est": true
 },
 "cost": {
  "v": "~<b>₹20,000 cr</b> redevelopment, including a new Parliament (~₹970 cr)",
  "est": true
 },
 "what": "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.",
 "dodge": "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.",
 "ministers": [
  {
   "n": "Hardeep Singh Puri",
   "r": "Housing and Urban Affairs Minister"
  },
  {
   "n": "Narendra Modi",
   "r": "Prime Minister"
  }
 ],
 "pos": "The government said the old buildings were unfit and outdated and the project would save money over time.",
 "alt": "Sequence the spending behind the emergency, publish the full cost and rationale, and let heritage and Parliament oversight run their course.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Govt Central Vista site: project cost breakdown",
   "url": "https://centralvista.gov.in/myths-and-realities.php",
   "tier": 1,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260513012137/https://centralvista.gov.in/myths-and-realities.php"
  },
  {
   "label": "Scroll.in: Central Vista work during Covid lockdown",
   "url": "https://scroll.in/article/993385/as-covid-19-devastates-delhi-central-vista-project-declared-an-essential-service-work-continues",
   "tier": 2,
   "archiveUrl": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260503092754/https://scroll.in/article/993385/as-covid-19-devastates-delhi-central-vista-project-declared-an-essential-service-work-continues"
  }
 ],
 "estimates": {
  "costInrCrore": 20000
 },
 "caseUrl": "https://whoisresponsible.xyz/case/case-10/"
}