The need for a new headquarters for MCD was felt soon after MCD came into being in 1958. The project was conceptualised in 1961 and had to wait for another 22 years before the land was allotted to it in 1983.

It took another 11 years before the foundation stone was laid in 1994 by senior BJP elder Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who later on became prime minister of the country, and had to wait for another 11 years before the project was awarded to Malaysian firm in 2005 through a global tender process.

1 year ago  /  Source: gulfnews.com