Concerning Pragati Maidan.

Several independent campaigns are being carried out online and in courts of law by preservationists, professionals, activists and the architects themselves, who may have a moral over the works. Setting aside the polemics contained in their arguments, which Architexturez Imprints has reproduced elsewhere on the website, this dossier represents the letters of support received from International Organisations, Associations of Professionals and the Academia, and their reasoning for preserving the structures at Pragati Maidan.

This section contains relevant Government records indicating the Ministry of Commerce's point of view; representations by the Ministry of Commerce, India Trade Promotion Organisation, and National Building Construction Corporation; and communications within the Government of India concerning the proposed Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Excerpts from draft PIB note for re-development of Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) Project of Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Excerpts from minutes of Heritage Conservation Committee - (HCC) meetings

Excerpts from minutes of Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) meetings

ITPO CPIO's reply to IITPO/RTI/02/15/2016: Is it true that the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India has given its approval to India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) for demolition of a number of existing structures in Pragati Maidan?

Registrar, Council of Architecture to The Managing Director, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.

Questions in the Parliament regarding Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

"DEVELOPMENT OF PRAGATI MAIDAN" and "REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OF PRAGATI MAIDAN" - UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.s 1464 and 1466 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH MARCH, 2017
"REDEVELOPMENT OF PRAGATI MAIDAN" - RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2252 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22nd MARCH, 2017
"REVAMP OF PRAGATI MAIDAN" - LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2882 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20th MARCH, 2017
"DEMOLITION OF ITPO'S HALL OF NATIONS" - RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23rd NOVEMBER, 2016
"REDEVELOPMENT OF PRAGATI MAIDAN STRUCTURES" - RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16TH MARCH, 2016
"REVAMP OF PRAGATI MAIDAN" - LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2604 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14TH MARCH, 2016

Re: Conservation of Contemporary Architectural Heritage of Delhi - the letter that initiated the crisis.