The world champion Indian cricket team has reached New Delhi. The entire schedule of the team is fixed after returning to India. Recently, the world champion met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at PM House located at Lok Marg. Let us tell you that this is a VIP area of New Delhi. Anyone can come here and get lost in the beauty of this place. This is the place where ministers gather every day. Do you know that this place was known as Race Course Road years ago. Today, the personalities living on this VIP road of Lutyen Delhi have the reins of the future of crores of Indians in their hands. There are many special things related to this bungalow, about which the common man does not know. Let us tell you the facts related to Lok Kalyan Marg.
Saat Kalyan Lok Marg was earlier known as Panchavati. India’s first Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi lived here from 1984 to 2014. Narendra Modi has been living in this government bungalow since 26 May 2014. This bungalow is spread over 12 acres of land. It was built between 1920 and 1930. Its design was made by Edwin Lutyens’ team’s architect Robert R. Russell.
The special thing is that there are not one but five bungalows in this Prime Minister’s residence. However, the Prime Minister lives in bungalow number 5. Apart from this, there are bungalows numbered 1, 3, 7 and 9 in this complex. The drawing room of these bungalows is so big that 30 people can sit together. The Prime Minister’s office is in bungalow number 7. The soldiers engaged in the security of the PM live in bungalow number 9. Bungalow number 3 is a guest house, while the Prime Minister’s helipad is built in bungalow number 1.
You will be shocked to know that there is a two km long tunnel in the Prime Minister’s residence. This tunnel connects the Prime Minister’s residence to Delhi’s Safdarjung VIP Airport. The construction of this special tunnel started in 2010. This tunnel was completed in 2014.
The PM House, spread over 12 acres, also has a very large garden. It has silk cotton, gulmohar and Arjun trees. Many different species of birds including peacocks can be seen here. Let us tell you that this is the only bungalow in India that has SPG security.