The Supreme Court allowed the Centre to proceed with requisite paperwork and proposed ground-breaking ceremony for Central Vista project, reported PTI.

This comes after the Centre assured it that no construction or demolition work would be done till the apex court decides the pending pleas on the issue.

According to the report, no construction would commence as of now. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench that only foundation stone laying ceremony for the project will be held.

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The revamp project was announced in September last year. The project envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with a seating capacity for 900 to 1,200 MPs. The construction is expected to complete by August 2022 when the country will be celebrating its 75th Independence Day. The common Central Secretariat is likely to be built by 2024 as part of the project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone on December 10 for the new Parliament building and the construction is expected to be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had said on December 5.

The top court is seized of pleas which have raised questions over several aspects, including the environmental clearance granted to the project.