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Civic centre: tallest in Delhi

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Civic_centre_Its_the_tallest_one_/rssarticleshow/2843954.cms

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is touching new highs-literally. The 28-storeyed institutional complex in the civic centre - being constructed at Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Minto Road - now stands 91 metres tall and is the tallest building in the Capital, according to the civic agency.

The tallest building before this was Hansalaya building at Barakhamba Road, which is 88 metres tall, while the height of Qutub Minar is 78 metres.

According to MCD officials, the 91-metre mark was reached on February 28 and building is slated to be 101 metres tall. Said an MCD official: "The civic centre's institutional complex is now the tallest building in the city.

We will soon finish the construction of the 25th floor and all 28 floors should be ready by the end of March."

The total budget for the centre, which is spread over 1.16 lakh square metres, is Rs 550 crore. It is supposed to be completed by December 2008. While the land for this project was allotted in 1983, work began only in 2005.

Once the centre is complete, the face of the surrounding areas is all set to change. Nearly 11,000 people are expected to visit the centre during peak hours every day.

Added the official: "Around 50% of the centre would be put to commercial use and 50% would house MCD offices. Art galleries, museums, a library, a banquet hall and an auditorium would be housed in the centre.

We are trying to work out whether or not we want private participation in construction or in running of these facilities." There are also plans to construct a helipad in case of emergency. Besides this, a public addressable system with a video-conferencing room will be set up.

To ensure smooth traffic flow in the area, around four underpasses and one flyover will be constructed in the surrounding areas.

A management plan for the area has been prepared for the MCD by a private company and work on it is expected to begin soon. Said an MCD official: "The tender documents have been worked out for this purpose and detailed drawings have also been made."

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Rising in the distance

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Once completed. Its gonna look awesome from the top of the minaret. :cheers:

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some relevant posts concerning this project -

Mar8:

Civic Centre overshoots city's tallest

At 91.5 metres, MCD's under-construction building at Minto Road stands 3.5 metres taller than Hansalaya

The Capital reached new heights on Thursday when the under-construction Civic Centre on Minto Road surpassed the tallest building in the city - Hansalaya. The Civic Centre has reached a height of 91.5 metres, and is growing.

The Centre, which will house the headquarters of the Municipal Corpora- tion of Delhi (MCD), has surpassed Hansalaya on Barakhamba Road by 3.5 metres. Once completed in March, it will overshoot Hansalaya by 13 metres. One of the most ambitious projects of the civic body the Civic Centre will have 28 floors. The building once completed will be 101 metres from the ground level, which is much taller than Qutub Minar, which stands at 72.5 metres. Vikas Minar, which houses the headquarters of the Delhi development Authority (DDA), is among the tallest buildings in the city at a height of 54 metres.

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MCD officials said the Civic Centre would also have a helipad for emergency evacuation. "The helipad will be used for evacuation of occupants in case of any emergency situation," a senior MCD official said.

"We crossed the 91-metre mark on February 28 and the construction company is in such an exhilarated mood that now it is completing a single floor in just 10 days. The construction will be over by March-end," said another senior MCD official. The Civic Centre will have five blocks housing the deliberative, public-dealing, cultural, conference and institutional-cumcommercial wings of the civic body The Centre will also have six entry and exit points. The area's traffic plan is also ready "The complex will have an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,000 people, parking space for 2,500 vehicles, a banquet hall for 500 persons, art gallery, food courts, conference hall, etc.," added the official.

The Civic Centre will be functional by December 2008 and at least 50 per cent of it will be used for commercial purposes. The rest will be occupied by offices. A Malaysian company has got the contract to construct the multi-storeyed building at a cost of Rs 550 crore. According to the first plan of the project, only 16 floors were to be constructed.

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Mar26:
Civic Centre as seen from Connaught Place. Sorry for poor quality.

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Apr 25:
New Delhi has several projects such as the new Civic Centre, which is currently under construction. Has it topped out yet or do we still have a few floors to go? The project is supposed to be completed in December of this year.

Yet to be topped out I think and Dec is some time away yet.

In one of the articles on the civic centre that was published in March, it said that the building would top out by march end. So most probably it has t/o already.

I don't exactly know the height but it looks pretty tall. I was walking in Connaught Place in the evening and paused to see what that massive huge structure with cranes on top was, Civic Centre. Once it's done, it would look impressive from a distance...

Some figures in respect of heights of the tallest structures of Delhi are not correct. For instance, the height of Vikas Minar is not 54 metres at all. (You can't make a 23-floor high building of 54 metres only!) Similary, the height of Kutub minar is also incorrect. The Vikas Minar should be more than 70 metres tall and the height of Kutub Minar is 78 metres.:lol:

Some figures in respect of heights of the tallest structures of Delhi are not correct. For instance, the height of Vikas Minar is not 54 metres at all. (You can't make a 23-floor high building of 54 metres only!) Similary, the height of Kutub minar is also incorrect. The Vikas Minar should be more than 70 metres tall and the height of Kutub Minar is 78 metres.:lol:

Only the height of Vikas Minar is incorrect and that too horribly. According to emporis (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=vikasminar-newdelhi-india) it's 82m tall. The height of Qutub Minar according to UNESCO (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/233) is 72.5m which is stated right in the graphic.

Construction is in full swing, very noisy and dusty. The gatekeeper said that photography isn't allowed unless one has a permit :( So, though I did manage to get inside the construction site, I couldn't take any pic...all I could do was click from outside.

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Good job Zhiemi! Thanks for all the effort and images of the building. http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/360/happyrt5.gif

That's huge lol.

^^ I wish they had cut down the size of the building and made it go higher instead :D


Good job Zhiemi! Thanks for all the effort and images of the building. http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/360/happyrt5.gif

Thanks, IU. I think I should visit the place after about one month from now, we should see some significant changes :)

great stuff zhiemi! the pics look great. thanks for the effort

Zheimi

Thanks dude. Great effort there. Your snaps show its a sweet looking curvy tower. from my count, looks like they are working on 28th floor or 27th. Its about of top off.

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Good work Zhiemi - Civic Centre really does look a lot like Toronto's Nathan Philips Square U/C, but finished it will look different

wow.....I got to admit that there wont be many better govt buildings in India at present than this...The design is simple unique and work is also on a rapid pace....

wow.....I got to admit that there wont be many better govt buildings in India at present than this...The design is simple unique and work is also on a rapid pace....

tru dat.

Great pictures! thanks a lot Zhiemi. Hope Delhi crosses the 30-floor mark at the shortest time and keep pace with other big brothers, Mumbai & Kolkata in respect of skyscrapers & highrises.
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Great pictures! thanks a lot Zhiemi. Hope Delhi crosses the 30-floor mark at the shortest time and keep pace with other big brothers, Mumbai & Kolkata in respect of skyscrapers & highrises.
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Since you're counting suburbs like New Town into the equation, then you should also count Noida and Gurgaon on the Delhi side of the equation. ;) There are tons of 20fl+ towers and many more U/C, four 30fl+ towers U/C with 2 being 45fl tall. Just incase you haven't seen, checkout the Unitech Grande (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610384) project coming up in Noida. :D

Since you're counting suburbs like New Town into the equation, then you should also count Noida and Gurgaon on the Delhi side of the equation. ;) There are tons of 20fl+ towers and many more U/C, four 30fl+ towers U/C with 2 being 45fl tall. Just incase you haven't seen, checkout the Unitech Grande (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=610384) project coming up in Noida. :D

Its a pity on the part of Kolkata that it can not say that Howrah, Dumdum, Barahnagar, Dakhineshwar, Saltlake, Sodepur, Belgharia, Birati, New Barrakpur and of course New town Kolkata etc. as its part because they have their own municipalities. In that sense Kolkata airport comes under Dumdum municipality and Howrah station under Howrah. That's why they calculate the population of Kolkata still as 4.5 million whereas Kolkata metro has 14.5 million. When we say Kolkata metro then all these suburbs come in the fold of Kolkata. The actual size of Kolkata and its populaton has not increased for the past so many decades because they did not allow to take adjoining parts in its fold. As these adjoing areas already have their own municipalities, they were not merged into Kolkata. Only a decade or so ago, Jadavpur, Behala and Gardenrech were added into Kolkata municipal corporation. With an area of 187 sq. KM, Kolkata has only 3 Loksabha constituencies(Delhi 7 and Mumbai 6). But are they really out of Kolkata? If you take Kolkata by its municipal area, then it is smaller city by size and population than Chennai, Bangalore and even Hyderabad. Is it like that? Nowadays even Madhyamgram uses Kolkata pin code numbers in its physical address. But can you say the same thing about Noida and Gurgaon?

On the other hand, Delhi has still now, many villages on its fold. When Delhi was made capital of India, a large rural area and vast arid land was kept aside for its growth. It had 1450(apprx) square km as its area but the actual urbanised area was not more 400 sq km. Delhi had about 300 villages. Punajbi Bagh which was earlier called as General store, (now a centrally located area) was out of Delhi. Madipur, Shadipur, Rampura Naraina etc. still bear the name of gaon. The outskirts like Jagatpur, Rohini, Rithala, Nangloi, Mangolpuri, Najafgarh, Saiyadgaon, Pappankalan(Dwarka), Madangir, Saket, Mehrauli,Chhatarpur, Badarpur etc. etc. all were distant villages 30-35 years back. But you can not say that about Kolkata. There were no villages around Kolkata except few pockets in the south. So there was no place to grow.

I am aware about the Unitech Grande which is coming up on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. When completed it will surpass the uniworld city (in new town kolkata) by its sheer and mammoth size.

I am also attached to and love Delhi. So I will be also happy to see skyscrapers dotting on the Delhi metro area which is nowadays called NCR :cheers:

^^

Some statistics for reference

Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)

RankCity Country Population Land SqKm Density per Sqkm
1 Mumbai India 14,350,000 484 29,650
2 Kolkata India 12,700,000 531 23,900
8 Chennai India 5,950,000 414 14,350
13 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050
19 Bangalore India 5,400,000 534 10,100
24 Hyderabad India 5,300,000 583 9,100

http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html

How far it is true?!

^^

Some statistics for reference

Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)

RankCity Country Population Land SqKm Density per Sqkm
1 Mumbai India 14,350,000 484 29,650
2 Kolkata India 12,700,000 531 23,900
8 Chennai India 5,950,000 414 14,350
13 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050
19 Bangalore India 5,400,000 534 10,100
24 Hyderabad India 5,300,000 583 9,100

http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html

How far it is true?!

Even they put a disclaimer:

"Note: Students of population statistics please note that City Mayors collects raw data from numerous sources. While these sources are the most reliable available, they do not always apply the same definitions to cities, metropolitan and urban areas. Our population figures for 2006 and 2020 assume annual growth/decline rates based on past growth/decline and forecasts by international and national statistics organisations."

It all depends on how organizations define it.

As far as Calcutta is concerned, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority claims an area of 1854 sq kms and population of 15 million+.

The municipal corporation itself has just an area of 187.33 sq km and population of 4,580,544.

As per census India, Kolkata UA had a population of 13.2 million in 2001. This was spread over 99 constituents (Cantonment Board. Census Town, Municipality, Municipal Corporation, Outgrowth).

http://www.prb.org/pdf07/kolkatatable5.pdf

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Since this is a Delhi thread, of late some experts are claiming that Delhi is the largest UA in India. Here is an interesting read.

Is Delhi India's Largest City?

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/delhi.aspx?p=1

India defines its urban agglomerations in a quirky way: They cannot cross state boundaries. This has no effect upon the population size of Kolkata and Greater Mumbai UA, which are located far from their state borders. But it does affect Delhi.

Any visitor to Delhi would immediately realize that excluding its major suburban industrial and residential areas in neighboring states from the UA population leaves the city at a distinct disadvantage compared to other UAs. When driving from Delhi to contiguous Faridabad city in Haryana state, one scarcely notices any change in the surroundings. But even contiguous suburban cities and towns such as Faridabad and Gurgaon in neighboring Haryana, and Ghaziabad in neighboring Uttar Pradesh, cannot be included in the Delhi UA.

To be fair, we have tried to define the Delhi UA population with the same criteria used to define all other UAs in India. The result (see tables 1 and 3) shows the "redefined" Delhi UA population at 16.2 million in 2001, much larger than the Kolkata UA and nearly as large as the Greater Mumbai UA (see PDFs listed below).

Population of Delhi UA, Greater Mumbai UA, and Kolkata UA, 1991 and 2001 Censuses
and 2007 Estimate



Census population (millions) Average annual growth rate (%)
1991-2001
Estimated ** population (millions) 2007
Urban Agglomeration (UA) 1991 2001

Delhi UA official 8.5 12.9 4.2 16.6
Delhi UA "redefined"* 10.1 16.2 4.7 21.5
Greater Mumbai UA 12.6 16.4 2.7 19.3
Kolkata UA 11.0 13.2 1.8 14.7


* Includes areas outside the Delhi NCT in neighboring states added by authors.
** Estimated assuming that the 1991-2001 growth rate has remained constant.
Source: Registrar General of India, 1991 and 2001 censuses and authors' estimates ("redefined" Delhi UA and all 2007 estimates).

That is all well and good for 2001, but what about today? Using our new definition for Delhi UA, its annual 1991-2001 growth rate of 4.7 percent results in a 2007 population of 21.5 million. Using the same method, the Greater Mumbai UA population in 2007 would be 19.3 million. Delhi, in fact, likely passed Mumbai several years ago. Using the same yardstick, Delhi is now India's largest "city."

Delhi, one of the world's oldest cities, became India's capital in 1912 when the British moved the seat of government there from what was then Calcutta. Today, the area has become one of India's most vibrant and fast-growing metros. Cities such as Faridabad and Ghaziabad are now mimicking the well-established corporate and high-tech Gurgaon area in building new high-rise housing. Delhi's new Metro, along with commuter rail lines, are being extended to more distant suburban towns. New special economic zones are being planned in Haryana. There seems to be no end in sight—for Delhi, now India's largest "city."

Samrat, In a way Delhi is also at a disadvantage for being landlocked between 2 states. As you might know, it's got no vast tracts of undeveloped (greenfield) land where a new CBD or residential highrise complex can rise. So all the new commercial highrises that will be built, will have to come up in central Delhi due to the height restrictions that apply in other parts or in the burbs. The smaller CBD's of Nehru place and Bhikaji cama place have no free space left that I know of, so we can't expect any more highrises to come up there. Peripheral areas like Dwarka and Rohini are DDA owned areas and those guys are hell bent on building low rise residential buildings. Besides, height restrictions also apply in Dwarka's case due to its proximity to IGI. That leaves the people wishing to live in posh areas to move outside the city into the burbs due to which highrises are coming up there. Delhi's at a disadvantage that all those highrises that have been built and are coming up aren't accredited to the city itself but to another town and that too in another state.

btw I must say that you possess a great deal of knowledge about Delhi and its areas. I hadn't expected anyone on SSC living outside Delhi to know about the things you mentioned. Did you ever live in Delhi?

yes. For many years I am attached with Delhi. I love the city. Thats why I mentioned that Delhi itself should have enough skyscrapers to be in the league of Mumbai and Kolkata. That time I forgot that Delhi has Noida and Gurgaon in its fold. But at the same time, I have a passion about Kolkata also.

On the question which is the largest city, I do fully agree with Suncity. Delhi alongwith suburbs of Ghaziabad, Shahibabad, Noida, Greater Noida(in UP), Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh(in Haryana) is the most populous city of India. It already became No.1 city in respect of size and population. Unlike Mumbai or Kolkata Delhi has been spreading all directions. The authorities have already planned an NCR of about 5600 square kilometre by the year 2021 and a ring road to this effect is being constructed :)

I'd hate Delhi to have skycrapers everywhere....only in the suburbs & put them in Gurgoan & Noida.

New Delhi is unique in its architecture eps. Lutyen's Delhi being all rise.

Put them in a cluster like CP and leave them there preserving Delhi's uniqueness.

I agree, skyscrapers should not sprout up everywhere in Delhi. The stature of the city is contented in its greenery, wide roads, rich heritage etc. But I do wish that taller buildings are built in skyscraper designated area(s)...

Don't worry folks. Due to the building laws in place, we won't see random highrises here and there. All the highrises that will come up in the city will be built in Central Delhi.

Delhi needs decentralisation very badly. More and more people are migrating to Delhi from other states. Every year almost 3 lakh people are added from outside. The number is more than anywhere in India, affecting the city and its people. 25 years back, there were very few manual ricksaws in Delhi(only in Chandni Chowk and old Delhi areas) Nowdays you can not move around in bazars and markets without pushing them, even in new Delhi areas(for instance, Tilak Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Vikaspuri, Janakpuri... and all over). The vehicular populaton has almost touched 50 lakhs! taking the pollution level on extra extra high, extra load of people has decreased average consumption of water, gave birth to frequent load shedding, overloaded buses and metro. Without a proper planning, there is no end of these problems. Do not know what is awaiting ahead for us, dilliwalas! :bash:

Every major city in the developing world is facing the same problem Delhi is viz., rising population, poor public transport system, pollution, insufficient water and power supply et al.

The government has chalked out plans to accomodate the city's population in the future. Sometimes, it's best if we repose our faith on our netas as against our intuition which makes us think that they bring no progress. The insufficient water and power supply is a serious issue and can be addressed only with cooperation from the neighbouring states since Delhi receives most of its water and electricity from these states. And I feel Delhi ought to get its share to think that a major chunk of immigrants to the city are from these states. With regard to the pollution, the situation right now is indeed grim. The air will get cleaner only if less vehicles ply on the roads. The solution to this is provided by the Metro and BRT, and they are both in their initial stages. The BRT's opening was a farce, but I believe it will be very successful with proper coordination. I for one am trying to be optimistic about the city's future. Not necessarily a reply to anyone, just my two cents. :)

Anyway, just to keep the thread running, here are some more pics which are as old as the ones I posted before.

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Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agglomeration) suggests that Delhi Agglomeratino is still number 2. But it doesn't mention whether the whole of NCR/NCT has been taken into account.

^^

Some statistics for reference

Rank City / Urban area Country Population Land area
(in sqKm)
Density
(people per sqKm)

RankCity Country Population Land SqKm Density per Sqkm
1 Mumbai India 14,350,000 484 29,650
2 Kolkata India 12,700,000 531 23,900
8 Chennai India 5,950,000 414 14,350
13 Delhi India 14,300,000 1,295 11,050
19 Bangalore India 5,400,000 534 10,100
24 Hyderabad India 5,300,000 583 9,100

http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-density-125.html

How far it is true?!

All very inacurate.HK not even on the list for example.Ldn with a higher pop density than NY?.Dont be daft.I'd chuck it in the bin if i were you

Very interestingly the population gap between Mumbai and Delhi is shown only 50,000 and Bangalore and Hyderabad is only 1 lakh. Don't know when these statistics were compiled although the report was published on 6 January 2007. If the population of Mumbai was only fifty thousand more than that of Delhi then it has long been surpassed by Delhi as one and a half year elapsed since then and Delhi's population is growing by leaps and bounds.

I dont think anyone really knows the true popluations of cities round the world esp. India.

You will have to take the figures from the last census and do a yeary estimate of the increases til date to get a rough estimate.

Mumbai's population in the Metro area is estimated at 17 million since the last few yrs but if anything is to go by the population is over 20 million in my opinion making it the 2nd largest city in the world after Tokyo taking into account the metropolitan area (by population).

The statistics shown in the citymayors.com are not so accurate and also inadequate. Smaller cities like Birmingham, Dublin, Warsaw, Belo Horizonte etc. are included whereas large cities like Dhaka, Damascus, Guangzhau are left out. Only the NDMC(New Delhi Municipal Corporation) and MCD(Municipal Corporation of Delhi) areas were taken into account in respect of population of Delhi. If the popultion of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida & Greater Noida etc.were included, then it would have crossed the 20 million mark for Delhi a few years back.

Cities like Sao Paolo, Mexico City are larger by size and population than that of Mumbai. It will take few more years to over take them by it(Mumbai).

Hey, where all the contributors to this forum have disappeared!! No news from any quarter for the past two weeks! Is there nobody who came across the place during this month or nothing to post about this thread for so long?
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^^ I'm visiting the construction site once this month, not sure when. My normal routes around Delhi don't let me check the development going on at the Civic Centre. And sorry, but in this blistering heat, I rather stay indoors :D

Civic Centre can be seen here.

By ChutPeo
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its coming up good. Doesnt look half as bad as the first picture that had come out.

from the old NCR thread, a render of the other side -

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The pics may not show much, but there has been significant more construction added since I lasted visited one month back. I suppose work has been concentrated more on the other blocks than on the main tower, Block E as shown in the render above by IU. I also managed to get inside and took a couple of quick shots.


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Thanks for the update Zhiemi. It's great that you were allowed to go inside the compound.

City's tallest building most sought after

The tallest building of the Capital Civic Centre at Minto road - is catching the eye of various government institutions. After the Income Tax department, it is the Rajya Sabha secretariat that has approached the MCD for allotment of office space.

The Joint Secretary of Rajya Sabha has written a letter to the civic body citing space crunch in the Parliament House and Annexe and requesting to examine the feasibility of space at the centre. The MCD received a letter from the Rajya Sabha secretariat on June 23.

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"I received a letter from the Rajya Sabha secretariat on June 23 wherein they have stated that there is an acute shortage of office space in the Parliament House and the Parliament annexe. They have requested us to lease out some space to them. The matter is under consideration. There are various other government agencies who have shown interest in getting space at the Civic Centre," said Vijendra Gupta, chairman of the MCD's Standing Committee.

The MCD Commissioner has been asked to look into the request and to carry out a feasibility study "We are looking into the matter and have directed the MCD Commissioner to conduct a feasibility study If possible space would be allotted to them," Gupta added.

Recently the civic agency and the Income Tax department had agreed ‘in principle' to lease out and acquire commercial office space in the Civic Centre.

The municipal corporation has estimated they would get Rs 2,400 crore by leasing out the building to the Income Tax department for 99 years.
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Thanks for the update Zhiemi. It's great that you were allowed to go inside the compound.

I kind of cajoled the guards :D

great updates zhiemi! thanks for the effort

Quite some way to go for one side of the Civic Centre to T/O in this July 7 photo taken from the New Delhi Railway Station which we didn't notice in the other pics posted in this thread.

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It’s all in a name at civic centre.

Delhi BJP is proposing to name the new civic centre, which is to be the headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, after former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. It’s most likely to be called Atal Bhawan. But with the assembly elections round the corner, the Congress is bristling at the suggestion.

Leader of the opposition in the house J K Sharma said if the BJP named the civic centre after Vajaypee, they would rename it once they returned to power in the assembly elections. :lol: Dr Harshvardhan, state BJP chief, said there was nothing ‘‘political’’ about naming the building after Vajaypee. He said: ‘‘I have written a letter to mayor Arti Mehra suggesting that the civic centre be named Atal Bhawan as Vajpayee is loved by all and is an important statesman.’’ However, Mehra said that she had not yet received the letter and would consider the request once she got the missive.

Sharma said: ‘‘The civic centre will be the headquarters of MCD and it is not right as per law to give the process of naming the building a political colour. If BJP goes ahead with its plan of naming it Atal Bhawan, we will rename it. It is better for that party to refrain from this move.’’ It is is likely to lead to a uproar among the opposition in MCD.

The civic centre — which is being constructed on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Minto Road — consists of a 28-storeyed institutional building which is 101 metres high, making it the tallest building in Delhi.

The building will also house offices of the income tax department and may also have offices of Rajya Sabha. Recently, 19 more government institutions had shown interest in getting space in the complex.

Source: TOI

Although I quite like the idea of "Atal Bhavan" - he was a great leader , a freedom fighter and a respected PM , it's the least he deserves .

Why do Political parties have to be so touchy on these issues , not that it matters one bit to the general public.

taking a leaf out of the congress nomenclature book. typical

taking a leaf out of the congress nomenclature book. typical

haha well said!

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has it topped out yet? i can't tell

that's a pretty tall building for delhi, let's hope they get more like this

^^^^ . I know that it's certainly what you wish to see in delhi i.e. Tall high rises.

Yes , it has topped out and stands out clearly in the Delhi skyline (whatever little there is)

^^^^ . I know that it's certainly what you wish to see in delhi i.e. Tall high rises.

Yes , it has topped out and stands out clearly in the Delhi skyline (whatever little there is)

If they name it 'Atal Bhawan' it could also mean other things. In Sanskrit 'Atal' means 'unshakable' or 'unbending'. Although few people would ponder the name that deeply.

how did you get up to the minaret on jama masjid? my friend tried to go in but they didn't let him.

how did you get up to the minaret on jama masjid? my friend tried to go in but they didn't let him.

There is something called "payment" of some free to climb the minaret. You get 2 for the price of 1. no kidding either. A majestic view of Old Delhi (the Shahjahanabad area) & upcoming New Delhi Skyline

Did your friend try to pay or sneak his way thru to the top. :lol::lol::lol:

oh my bad he was actually taking about the qutub minar, not jama masjid minarette

i just saw "minar" and immediately assumed qutub minar for some reason

payment? lol, just like you can pay extra to violate traffic laws in mumbai

I think delhi will soon ask for bahadurgar, gaurgaon , faridabad , noida and greater noida to be made part of proper delhi.......

I think delhi will soon ask for bahadurgar, gaurgaon , faridabad , noida and greater noida to be made part of proper delhi.......

These suburban cities around Delhi are already known as part of Delhi and called NCR(National Capital Region). Since they fall under the jurisdiction of other states(UP & Haryana), they were not merged into Delhi.:)

So, the facade on the Civic Centre won't start until all of the Civic Centre's skeleton is completed?

Interesting photo

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wow. nice fine.
kinda reminds me of this pic
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great pic hindustani.
Another good place to snap is from the roof top resturaunts in Paharganj.The Anoop for example
Cheers D

what's the current status of the Minto road civic centre now?

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From CP
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Update:
From IJM Corporation Berhad

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^^Finally the cladding has started and very quick! Awesome upates Nazrey!

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Great pics Sun!!!:cheers:

Fab.
Whats the columns next to it?Cant tell if they're cores or anttenae.
anything else going up in the centre of town?

Glad to see that the facade is beginning to hide the rusty concrete skeleton. And the tower looks close to topping out.

Tallest building will miss deadline once again

Councilors and officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) eagerly waiting to move out of Town Hall — their current headquarters at Chandni Chowk — to the swanky skyscraper at Minto Road will have to wait for a few more months.

For, the Civic Centre — which will house the new municipal headquarters — will again miss its deadline. This is the second time the tallest building in Delhi with 28 floors will miss the deadline. The centre was to be completed by December-end. It was extended to March 2009. But now civic officials say it will be ready only by May 2009.

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The MCD had planned to shift by January 2009, which was changed to March.

Apart from the MCD headquarters, the centre will house offices of the Income Department. “The furnishing and finishing will require more time. By April end, we will start the trial run and by May we will hopefully shift,” added Gupta.

MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra said the March 15 deadline had to be met. “The deadline is March 15 and work has to be finished by then. I will take the officials concerned to task if it is not done,” he said.

The centre will house art galleries, museums, a banquet hall and an auditorium. Apart from a food court and a library, the MCD has also set aside space for a a multistoried parking lots to accommodate nearly 2,500 cars and a helipad for emergency evacuation.

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Nice

emergency evacuatiuon incase the locals riot, getting pissed off that they wasted so much cash on some new offices & helicopter trips?

Clicked on 18 Dec,08 by me

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Will they be able to keep the promise to open it by May next year?

^^ They won't be able to, seeing as the facade is only about 20% finished.

Very nice and good progress despite the delays.

delhi realy does need a few 600 footers in the Barkumbha rd area to give it that 'maximum' feel, a few megaliths lurking above Connaught..

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^^ Looks huge.

Grt updates all.

This one is looking fantastic. 3 more of these & Delhi skies will start looking different.

great update sun!

Starting look very nice.

Thanks for the updates Sun!

Great stuff.
Cant wait for the next biggie in the centre of town

Great stuff.
Cant wait for the next biggie in the centre of town

Is there one in the works?

Would definitely like to see some tall scrapers around CP, down BKS Marg.

Is there one in the works?

Would definitely like to see some tall scrapers around CP, down BKS Marg.

bhai , im being optomistic :)

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No way will they have this finished by May plus all the internal works???

No way will they have this finished by May plus all the internal works???

Maybe May 2010.

Going up nicely.

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Copyright@Azchael; April 10,2009
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Coming up well. The height and design are good, but would have looked great with more glass.

^^ Awesome....really looking good.

that is one nice looking building.........:banana:

it surely does look good and is the first building in Delhi crossing the 100 metre barrier in height.:cheers:

Hello Every one!!
Well we are also the part of MCD CIVIC CENTRE as we are LIGHTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)
Providing intelligent lighting to the tallest tower...or can say providing the brain to the lights of building

Wow! turning out to be a real beaut...good updates Euro and others,keep on going and hope to see some dusk pics especially whenthe tower starts getting lit.

Hello Every one!!
Well we are also the part of MCD CIVIC CENTRE as we are LIGHTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)
Providing intelligent lighting to the tallest tower...or can say providing the brain to the lights of building

You mean you work for the company that is doing it? If so, I am really curious to know more about intelligent lighting. Also, what other projects are you involved in?

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Damn. What does the Delhi Govt plan to do? Conduct sight seeing tours to this seventies type architectural relic? Its hard to believe that a reputed Malaysian firm was involved in this one.

Damn. What does the Delhi Govt plan to do? Conduct sight seeing tours to this seventies type architectural relic? Its hard to believe that a reputed Malaysian firm was involved in this one.

Yes... unbelievable how ugly and dated this is turning out to be. Half of it screams KUALA LUMPER circa 1985 and the other half scream BSE BSE

I have never been much of a fan of skyscrapers in KL except for the ones designed by internation architects.

Im disappointed too!

Looks kinda stale but will hold out on final judgement until its finished.

Perhaps these photos are not doing this building justice?

Different to the render which has more glass and a different colour.

What a let down, seems it is going to turn out into a monstrous eyesore. There's too much concrete. What's so tough in constructing a glass and steel only building :mad:

Looks like there is glass cladding only in the middle section of the building.

What a let down, seems it is going to turn out into a monstrous eyesore. There's too much concrete. What's so tough in constructing a glass and steel only building :mad:

Looks like there is glass cladding only in the middle section of the building.
It's actually not the lack glass that makes this building so dated and ugly. There is actually quite a lot of glass.It's the way the glass is done. Instead of being on the surface, they have it recessed .. a l a 1980s style. If

^^

You're right, the glass can be done much better. But I still find way too much concrete. I like to see glass on buildings, so you'll understand my opinion here. And it's not just the glass cladding, the whole building is missing something. Judging from the render, it's a job not even half well done. I'll gleefully eat my words if the building comes out any impressive once completed.

Its looks like its getting uglier as it gets closer to completion. A tacky looking 1960's design. Looked better when it was u/c.

^^can we halt constructions then and keep it like it is.

^^ H3ll no, that's a stupid suggestion. And the building doesn't look very 60 to me. It has more of an 80s-90s design.

^^Much better looking buildings like the Bank of China were comming up in the 80's and the 90's has heaps more.

you lot are funny.
It was never going to be anything but a rather dull medium height governmant building.
To think it might have ever compared to the some of the skyscraper greats is just daft. BOC or whatever.
Its OK of its type.Cheap, 30 story, quick build office.
India does not have signiture buildings yet and this was never going to be one.

^^Was just saying they should have made it look modern ;)

This is turning into an eyesore.

there was a lot of potential with the building, thats for sure. that said, i wont call it an eyesore, its better that a generic box

^ Exactly. Besides, it won't look half as bad when viewed from CP, the view that matters most.

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The renders suggest that there's more glass work left on the inner facade of the building.

As on June 6:

by Mayank Austen Soofi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayankaustensoofi/3599410071/)

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Simple. Not too bad looking at all. The Civic Centre's shaping up pretty nicely.

Uh looks better from the front

As seen from New Delhi Railway Station (18th June):

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Lookin good. I see cranes nd more cranes

A slightly old photo

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June 12; seen from Jama Masjid, Old Delhi

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Starting to look nice. Thanks Zhiemi and Sun.

Surprisingly it looks much less hideous to me now.

this building looks like an replica of building which already exists in delhi shakkarpur.

The Civic Centre somehow reminds me of Toronto's City Hall.

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Anyone else see an uncanny resemblance?

Except the civic center in Toronto is so much better... with the nathans square nd hotels across the street. Hope they beautify the space around minto road.

Looks OK to me . Very visible from old dehli.
So what ARE all those cranes in the pic then?

So what ARE all those cranes in the pic then?

The Airport Express line (New Delhi Railway station to IGI Aiport)

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^^ This seems to me the most modern looking building in India, trumping those in Mumbai.

Are those bubble lifts??

They wish. Unless the lift is held to the wall by magnets, I don't see anything that would suggest the ability of those blobs to move up and down the side of the building. Rather, they look more like crude imitations of similar architectural forms used by far more competent and visionary architects in ways that actually fit the building rather than looking like a cheap, tacky afterthought.

Just look at the Toronto Civic Center, but ignore its size. Look instead at its proportion. Look at its outline framing, color choice, definition, sight lines, sharpness of expressed lines, texture, quality of materials. Why can't Indian architects, and government ones especially, learn to think about buildings as paintings instead of concrete frames they must grudgingly figure out how to cover?

Yea, I'm pissy these days. Wanna fight about it?

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That looks like some high end building in Europe....great work there!

Would be so cool if they were elevators! The building will really come across as full of life.

PS: :lol: @ir_desi

:lol: ir desi - Welcome to the club.

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Wow....this is turning out to be a beauty.

cheers I U.
whens that due to be done ?

That looks like some high end building in Europe! not at all. It has all the characteristics of the type of skyscrapers they used to build in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta during the 80s! Even those cities have moved away from such bland design.

Nice building.

A Capital View From Delhi's Tallest Building (http://www.delhiscoop.com/story/2009/9/16/23437/1844)

Those with a keen sense of history remember well the breathtaking view of the Capital the Qutub Minar in Mehrauli offers.
Access to the staircase and balconies of the historic monument was, however, blocked after many lives were lost in a stampede in the early ’ 80s.

Delhi as a city has come a long way, expanding at breakneck speed and now nearly contiguous with neighbouring Noida and Gurgaon. But a perch with a Capital view is conspicuous by its absence.

Not anymore. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi ( MCD) will throw open the roof of its upcoming 101- metre headquarters — Civic Centre.

For a princely sum of Rs 50, Delhiites and visitors can take in splendid views of the Yamuna snaking its way through the Capital, the hurly- burly of the Walled City nearby and, possibly, on a balmy day and through the thick smog, the distant Qutub itself.

What’s more, Bollywood producers are already queueing up to shoot their climactic sequences with shimmering Red Fort sandstone in the backdrop.

“ We went to the roof of the Civic Centre on a routine inspection

some pics I took on the 23rd -

view from Deen Dayal Upadhaya marg:
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I have a couple of more left which I'll upload when I get back to the states.

for a govt built building, this is a Taj Mahal.
great work IU.

for a govt built building, this is a Taj Mahal.
great work IU.

Absolutely true on both counts
d

beautiful tower!!!!
one of the best in india

by far the best in north india, cannot imagine something like this can be built by government.

Though I'm proud Mumbai's Skyline, I'm also envy of it. Why can't Delhi build it's own ? Sheila Dixit said sometime back that she'll not let Delhi advance on the path of Bombay...She'll keep Delhi's sky clear. The Civic center is of course beautiful, but we need more like it, and taller perhaps. When you run out of land, going vertical seems the right solution for a bustling city.

Though I'm proud Mumbai's Skyline, I'm also envy of it. Why can't Delhi build it's own ? Sheila Dixit said sometime back that she'll not let Delhi advance on the path of Bombay...She'll keep Delhi's sky clear. The Civic center is of course beautiful, but we need more like it, and taller perhaps. When you run out of land, going vertical seems the right solution for a bustling city.

^^^ dude beauty of delhi is its sprwaling bunglows ,parks, wide roads, greenry etc etc...dont you like that????

i know delhi needs a skyline , however we are happy anyways, aapki us ichcha ke liye we have gurgaon , Gurgaon is a part of delhi.
i would say delhi has a better standard of living than mumbai hust for the very reason.

for king size life you have delhi living and for viewing we have Gurgaon and greater noida and noida.

picture perfect

however, there are 10 residential towers of 29 floor each is coming up at moti nagar....DLF Capital Greens.So whole point is dont worry hieght ristrictions are off in delhi nowso you will see biggies coming up all over delhi soon apart from south delhi and lutyen's zone.

cheers

i am mesmerized by this building's beauty. though i have not seen some of the best buildings in Mumbai (i had been to MUM some 5 yrs back) . But i constantly visit DEL every two months or so. and i see that Delhi is changing so fast. it has its own charm. Delhi doesn't need a skyline. any building of this sort would be appreciated:) though, i guess.
amazing 'Sarkari' building. could that be the best govt. building?

Its a nice building, but mumbai is head and shoulders above delhi in terms on high rises.

Its a nice building, but mumbai is head and shoulders above delhi in terms on high rises.

^^thats what i meant! in terms of high rises, may be! in delhi you wont find a skyline. the towns in the NCR are making their own skylines. Mum has big buildings. (with all due respect for MUM and seriously, no offences:))but where else can u find the different hues, like, heritage buildings, the iconic Rashtrapati Bhawan etc with places like gurgaon and beautiful boulevards of Lutyen's Delhi, roads and sexy Metro!! :banana:

^^thats what i meant! in terms of high rises, may be! in delhi you wont find a skyline. the towns in the NCR are making their own skylines. Mum has big buildings. (with all due respect for MUM and seriously, no offences:))but where else can u find the different hues, like, heritage buildings, the iconic Rashtrapati Bhawan etc with places like gurgaon and beautiful boulevards of Lutyen's Delhi, roads and sexy Metro!! :banana:

No where else apart from SADDI DILLI :banana::cheers:

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Indian Express

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Hindustan Times

lol wasn't this meant to be ready by april last year

lol wasn't this meant to be ready by april last year

And you believed them ? :D

Puh-lease, construction is never in time in India. Add 10 years on to the given date :)

And you believed them ? :D

too bad you did...!!!!

be happy its ready now...:banana:

though this was constructed by a Malaysian Firm, who were actually consultants to Petronas.
this irritates me alot though....anyways building looks nice and cool....and yeah delhi skyline is allset to improve guysss


height restrictions are off and DLF are coming up with 30 level scrapers in Moti Nagar, Omaxe and unitech coming up with 45 Levels scraper in west Delhi( Soon to be announced)

so things will change and the best part is....south/central delhi will not be touched and its beauty will not be played with by constructing skyscrapers.

soo, all new skyscrapers goes to west delhi, East delhi and NCR

cheers we'll be world class city in next 5-7 years with skyline, infrastructure, transport- DM, Delhi Monorails(to commence after CWG2010, BRTS(300 Kms) ,LOw floor buses(NO BLUELINES), High Capacity Buses for new BRT routes under DMRTS,Extra 2 power grids by 2011 to make delhi free of power vows, 2 brand new water treatment plants in west delhi, New Economic Zones, Formula1 Track, BEst Sports Infrastructure in South Asia, Best Medical and Educational infrastructure in INDIA, best roads,best Malls( All Slated to get more bigger with MAll of India back as reality.


wow, saddi dilli on the right track

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee or Mahatma Gandhi - whose name will be inscribed on Delhi’s tallest building?

Even before the completion of construction of the 112-metre high Civic Centre, which will house the new MCD headquarters, the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in the civic body are locking horns over the issue.

“We will name the building after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. It will be a fitting tribute to him,” Leader of MCD House Subhash Arya said here after an inspection tour of the building where MCD hopes to shift by April.

Mr. Mukherjee was the founder of Jan Sangh, the predecessor of BJP.

However, Leader of opposition Congress’ J. K. Sharma said, “It would be better if it is named after the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.”

BJP said it wants to name the different blocks of the Rs. 550 crore building after various rivers of India.

Link (http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article91753.ece)

Does everything have to be named after someone?

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Times of India

So now we're gonna change the title to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Centre, mods also but 112 metres.

Wow the tallest building in Delhi is only 28 stories? :(

Wow the tallest building in Delhi is only 28 stories? :(

yeahh, it is....as delhi is on delta plate IV ( Seismic Zone), hence were not allowed to build skyscrapers, however with introduction of latest earthquake resistant technologies this will take a turn in right direction and within next 5 years skyline will be completely changed.


and , anyways Delhi has a skyline in Gurgaon..so who cares

lol wasn't this meant to be ready by april last year

der ayad, durust ayad... the end product looks so nice that i am ready to forgive the delay..

btw to stop the fight over naming this building, lets name it Rajiv Gandhi building :lol:

seriously, why do we have to name every building, just the "Civic center" is fine with me.

I hope this new civic centre does get completed before the Commonwealth Games begin. With a new tallest building (first over 100 metres), nre and refurbished sporting venues (including a refurbished primary stadium), and lots of new flyovers, Delhi will surely become a better city than it ever was in its history.

Its looking good!

Wow the tallest building in Delhi is only 28 stories? :(

It's India, we got nuthing tall outta Mumbai. Except that building in Kochi.

What about the talls in Bangalore and Hyderabad?

Any pictures at night? if its lit up already,that is.Any dilliwale willing to take some quality shots ,please?? Happy Republic Day to all.

What about the talls in Bangalore and Hyderabad?

Guess 30 storey is kinda tall. Hyderabad will when Lanco Hills is done.

Does everything have to be named after someone?
+1
I mean seriously....cant they just call it Civic Centre....or MCD headquarters....or The Tall Building on Minto Road

or The Tall Building on Minto Road

I like this one :tongue2:

Here are some more snaps I took when I was in Delhi, all on different days.

from one of the FOBs in the New Delhi railway station:
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from the Jama Masjid on a hazy day:
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from the Airport Express line site infront of the New Delhi Railway station:
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certainly no other tower in india is as beautiful as this one.....

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Indian Express

wtf? New Town Hall? Why can't they just leave it The Civic Centre forever.

exactly

certainly no other tower in india is as beautiful as this one.....

well you clearly have no clue about skyscrapers inindia. this is like singapore type faike from the 80s.

Now what would you guys say about the earlier change to New Town Hall?


MCD HQ named after S P Mukherjee


New Delhi: MCD has decided to name its new headquarters building Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Seva Kendra despite opposition from Congress. The name of the building, located at JLN Marg, was finalized by MCD’s naming committee. The LG had recommended naming the building New Town Hall. According to MCD Leader of House, Subhash Arya, the naming committee has passed a resolution to this effect under Section 42 of the DMC Act. The minutes of the resolution were confirmed by MCD on Monday.

‘‘The resolution will be implemented once the House passes it. It is only befitting that MCD headquarter is named after the great leader. While the decision was opposed by Congress, we never thought about changing it. We are confident of the support of the House and after the next meeting, the resolution will be implemented,’’ he said.

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SP Mukherjee. Okay, acceptable. But wtf is this seva kendra :bash:

SP Mukherjee. Okay, acceptable. But wtf is this seva kendra :bash:

whats there in name dude.....


building to tayyar ho gayee na...hehehe...cheers

Updates on Civic Center

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^^ view from distance

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^^ from NDLS

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Few more detailed shots

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Great looking tower, if only there were more of these in Delhi. So is the building officially completed?

Thanks for all the images IR!

So is the building officially completed?

yes and they will inaugurate it on April 22-

MCD to open Civic Centre building on April 22 (http://www.ptinews.com/news/612550_MCD-to-open-Civic-Centre-building-on-April-22)

New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will inaugurate its new headquarters in the tallest building of the national capital -- the state-of-the-art Civic Centre -- on April 22.

"We have fixed the date of April 22 for opening the Civic Centre building. We have also got the consent of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who will attend the ceremony to unveil the building," Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said today.



some info from another source (http://sify.com/finance/mcd-to-relocate-offices-by-april-end-news-default-kefuudhdgff.html):

The MCD is also mulling over a plan to rent out some office space and earn some income.

'We are planning to rent out some floors to agencies like the income tax department. With this initiative, MCD will be earning around Rs.18 crore every month,' he added.

'The new civic centre is spread over 12 acres of land with an approximate height of 112 metres and it will have two helipads. This will be the tallest structure in Delhi. It will be expected to witness more than 16,000 foot falls per day,' said an MCD spokesperson.

The government had last year said that the 143-year-old Town Hall building may be turned into a heritage hotel or museum. The Town Hall was conceived by the British immediately after the 1857 rebellion and was completed by 1866.

I have read that it will take more time for completion but MCD is hurrying to shift the HQ here for political reasons (I guess the name related issue).

I have read that it will take more time for completion but MCD is hurrying to shift the HQ here for political reasons (I guess the name related issue).

no way it can be completed by 22nd April ...it will atleast take an month to be done.

The civil work, exterior cladding and glazing work look more or less complete. The status of the interior work might be a complete different story.

The civil work, exterior cladding and glazing work look more or less complete. The status of the interior work might be a complete different story.

Interiors are 90% completed...its done by Godrej.....Have to admit interiors of this building looks cool and the quality too seems to be of high standards....

i just hope that MCD Babus maintain this structure well.......

centre dome is yet to be finished.....it kind of looks odd.....so noways they can inaugurate it by 22nd april....!!!

Interiors are 90% completed...its done by Godrej.....Have to admit interiors of this building looks cool and the quality too seems to be of high standards....

You had gone inside ?

I wish they had gone for a more daring design like the CCTV tower in Beijing

I wish they had gone for a more daring design like the CCTV tower in Beijing

little innocent indian babus are very weak hearted!

Picture I've made during my stay in the Lalit last october.

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Looks giant in front of other buildings.

The building does look huge in the picture, how wide is the building?

Picture I've made during my stay in the Lalit last october.



Great photo henk.
i checked out your both of Delhi trip albums, they are cool ;)

Just needs some good landscaping around the building and some minor work on the cladding as I can see some tiles missing!!

Not nitpicking but get it right for a new building at least.

The building does look huge in the picture, how wide is the building?

The diameter is about 100m

If you put two more Civic Centres on top of thi one, it'll look real sweet (and cost that sweet too).

If you put two more Civic Centres on top of thi one, it'll look real sweet (and cost that sweet too). Someone tell me to mind my own business and keep my stupid opinions to myself.:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

About diameter is about 100m

That's crazy for a building that's only 101m tall. They might as well have made the building 200m tall with a 50m base.

That's crazy for a building that's only 101m tall. They might as well have made the building 200m tall with a 50m base.

Yeah . . . whatever the hell that means . . .

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great shots IR.....:)

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According to this article it's 113 meteres in height as against 101 mt Listed.

Delhi Civic Center...

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A newly-constructed Civic Centre building in the heart of the capital which houses the headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi was unveiled on Thursday. The 28-storeyed 112-metre landmark building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 650 crore. Spread over an area of 12 acres, the headquarters of the civic body has four six-storey blocks, one 28-storey tower block in addition to services block, water treatment plant and sewage treatment plant.

Expected to cater to 16,000 people per day, it will also have waiting areas, fountains, an open-air theatre, three halls for holding MCD House and Standing Committee meetings as well as a separate media centre.

The Civic Centre has an auditorium with capacity of 1,000 seats beside an art gallery and a restaurant. It will have a 33KV sub-station for dedicated and interrupted power supply.

The building is provided with rain water harvesting, energy efficient lighting and day light sensor systems. Water conservation will be ascertained through flow sensors and self-closing taps.

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The Congress(Indira) needs to stop the urge to name everything after the Gandhi Nehru dynasty.

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NEW DELHI, INDIA � APRIL 22: Home minister P Chidambaram with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit at the inauguration of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre in New Delhi on April 22, 2010. (Photo by Shekhar Yadav/India Today Group/Getty Images)

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NEW DELHI, INDIA � APRIL 22: A view of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic Centre during its inauguration in New Delhi on April 22, 2010. (Photo by Shekhar Yadav/India Today Group/Getty Images)

That Glass facade looks awesome..isn't it...!!!!

Nice building..i hope few more highrises come up ..so that delhi can have a kool and modern skyline...

^^ seriously. this tower kicks major ass. one of a kind in Delhi NCR area & India so far. Delhi can do with 3-4 more of these sleek towers.

Building looks nice, I was curious about the landscaping around the buliding. Is it same kind of "Sarkari" Jugaad?

Some kind of green & brown patches and some ""Apang" & ""Bujhi Bidi jaisey"" trees?

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Times of India

Some more of Civic Centre

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What is that mini bar thing in the second last foto? Part of landscaping?

Post images but the best possible quality.

No need to post any image you find in getty images.

Post images but the best possible quality.

No need to post any image you find in getty images.

ok sir

cant wait for the next one , a 600 ft 'er

the building looks huge...but looks very old fashioned..typical sarkari building...nowadays twin towers concept is in...they could have made it in twin or triplet towers with a sky bridge...

the building looks huge...but looks very old fashioned..typical sarkari building...nowadays twin towers concept is in...they could have made it in twin or triplet towers with a sky bridge...

this is blasphemy.. which Indian sarkari building looks like this?
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eggxactly ...

This building looks great and because its an Govt Building its a very pleasant surprise ... :cheers:

and what is the "in" thing about "twin towers" ... :ohno:

this is blasphemy.. which Indian sarkari building looks like this?
:ohno:

if you read india today or outlook...it was termed as one of the ugliest buildings in mordern india...i was expecting it to be the crown of delhi's skyline but it looks a bad combination of glass,aluminium cladding and human mind...:colbert: open balconies are looking fugly....

eggxactly ...

This building looks great and because its an Govt Building its a very pleasant surprise ... :cheers:

and what is the "in" thing about "twin towers" ... :ohno:

this building looks great only at par to delhi standards...there is nothing in or out of fashion in this field...but new designs always look good...look at buildings in mumbai and bangalore...both present and upcoming...some of them looks stunning...for instance look at my logo pic..its ubcity in bangalore...the best i have ever seen in india...cost toh utni hai lagni hai toh why not try something new...rather than a steel dabba...

if you read india today or outlook...it was termed as one of the ugliest buildings in mordern india...i was expecting it to be the crown of delhi's skyline but it looks a bad combination of glass,aluminium cladding and human mind...:colbert: open balconies are looking fugly....

dont listen to those magzines. this building is the most beautiful new sarkari building of India (except state assemblies)
its great looking by Delhi standards, Indian standards and the world standards.

You said mumbai and bangalore has better looking sarkari buildings. give me just one example.
btw in your avatar it is not a sarkari building.

dont listen to those magzines. this building is the most beautiful new sarkari building of India (except state assemblies)
its great looking by Delhi standards, Indian standards and the world standards.

You said mumbai and bangalore has better looking sarkari buildings. give me just one example.
btw in your avatar it is not a sarkari building.

in mumbai-air india towers...in bangalore-utility building...both these buildings are about 3 deceades old..WTC mumbai which is again about 2 decades old (32 stories) and WTC bangalore which is new (30 stories)..and by the way delhi building is made by pvt builder...im not saying about quality but its about design...as far as world standards are concern no mumbai or bangalore are close to even china...forget world...

only one building in above list of yours is new, and which is a better design is matter of choice.
by no means civic center is an ugly building.

The aluminum tiles just look ugly...for some god-knows-why reason they seem to have become the latest fashion in India, often in combination with garish colors (usually red) and glass facades. I can't believe people find this tiled look modern. I've never seen it outside of South and Southeast Asia. The only buildings like this I've seen in the U.S. were built in the late 80s and early 90s, and they are usually widely criticized by local magazines, etc. This kind of cladding looks like my kitchen floor.

I think if the whole building was glass cladded then it would look stunning but still not bad.

only one building in above list of yours is new, and which is a better design is matter of choice.
by no means civic center is an ugly building.

personal choise is one thing and majority choise is one thing...le meridien hotel in delhi is almost a decade old...still it looks glamorous...ok thats a star hotel but civic centre is no where close to that look...just pick civic centre from delhi and put it somewhere in between hong kong , shanghai or dubai...it will sure be an eyesore...so do not say its world class at allll...

lets face it the building is neither very ugly or beautiful.
its just plain average, quite dull and ordinary.
'uninspiring' springs to mind