Epitome Bamboo wood flooring made by Mutha Industries in Bodhjungnagar used in the construction of the new Parliament Bhavan

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, May 27, 2023

The construction of the new parliament building in Delhi has used bamboo materials from Tripura.

A source in Tripura's forest department said bamboo made Epitome Bamboo wood flooring supplied by Mutha Industries in Bodhjungnagar have been used in the construction of the Parliament floor.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate the new parliament building tomorrow. It is known that not only Tripura's bamboo materials, significant others art of the state constructions materials from different states of the country have been used in the construction of this new parliament building.

According to reports, other than Epitome Bamboo wood flooring of Tripura, Mirzapur carpets has been used for the parliament building. And the work of stone carving has been done in Rajasthan.

Teak wood used came from Nagpur in Maharashtra. Again red and white sandstone was brought from Saramthura in Rajasthan. And the furniture is made in Mumbai.

It is known that this new parliament building is about 3 times bigger than the old parliament building which is built on an area of 64 thousand 500 square meters. The old parliament building was circular. And the new building is triangular. There were 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in the old building. 888 people can sit together in Lok Sabha in the new building. Rajya Sabha had 250 seats in the old parliament building. And the number of Rajya Sabha seats in the new building is increasing to 384. The new Lok Sabha chamber has been designed in the pattern of the national bird peacock. And the design of the Rajya Sabha room in the pattern of the national flower lotus.