#CentralVistaProject<br />In the last few weeks India has been devastated by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. <br />Since April, more than 11 million new cases have been detected and 94,000 people have died from COVID-19.<br />Hospitals have run of beds, oxygen and other medical supplies. Crematoriums and graveyards in the country have been overflowing with the bodies of the dead.<br /><br />But in the middle of this unprecedented crisis, there is one ‘essential service’ that is still continuing.<br />This essential service is the redevelopment of the Central Vista in Delhi, a prestige project of the BJP.<br /><br />The Wire breaks down what this project is, what planners & architects have to say about it, and how it is able to continue in the middle of the worst phase of the pandemic.
