The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to develop a new clock tower at a central location in the Lutyens Delhi area. The civic body has started to look for a suitable site. The old ‘New Delhi Town Hall’ used to house a clock tower on top of the headquarters building of NDMC, but the building was demolished in the 1980s for the current one.

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena has directed the civic body to develop a clock tower. The context to this is that the Town Hall, near Jantar Mantar in central Delhi, housed a clock tower atop the headquarters building of NDMC, which was demolished to make way the complex that houses Palika Kendra. It is scouting for a suitable site and the clock tower is likely to come up near Connaught Place and the surrounding region. The final location for the clock tower has not been finalised, but is likely be around Connaught Place.

The region is the first entry point for people coming down from the airport through the Airport line of the Metro. The building was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,36,000 and it started operations in 1933.