NEW DELHI: The The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday in a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given 'in-principle' approval for Janpath hotel situated in the heart of city to be used for setting up government offices.
"Hotel Janpath is located in a prime central location of the city. The property can be considered for construction of government offices and similar purposes which would save government funds spent in hiring of government offices," an official statement said.
Based on a proposal by the Union Urban Development Ministry to the CCEA, the transfer of property of Hotel Janpath to the Ministry of Urban Development was decided at the meeting.
The decision to close down Hotel Janpath was taken by the government within a month of deciding to exit three ITDC hotels at Bhopal, Guwahati and Bharatpur.
"The building of Hotel Janpath has to undergo major rehabilitation work since the building structure of Hotel Janpath has been found to be unserviceable, in distressed condition and deficit in the context of seismic requirements, according to the inspection report of IIT Roorkee," the statement said further.