NEW DELHI: Less than a month after President Ram Nath Kovind took over office, he looks to be echoing the former President 's efforts to make the Presidential estate more accessible to the common man. "Kovind's plans to amp up the digital presence of the Rashtrpati Bhavan comes even as speculation over the on-going renovations of the President's estate has been doing the rounds. Former President Pranab Mukherjee had in his five years undertaken an ambitious task of renovating the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The project, which was supervised by INTACH, is a long project and has already seen the main building of the Rashtrapati Bhavan undergoing massive renovation, with many of the guest wings as well as the main Durbar hall being restored to their former glory.During Mukherjee's tenure, the brief had been to utilise the space in Rashtrapati Bhavan and to throw it open to the country and its people. It wasn't just the main building of the Rashtrapati Bhavan that underwent renovation but also the stables and library within the President's estate.Officials said that the current President is also looking to keep the Rashtrapati Bhavan an open space for the people.

Source: Times of India August 19, 2017 16:18 UTC