India, Dec. 3 -- The Delhi government has firmed up what officials are calling a "twin tower" blueprint for its new secretariat complex at ITO - a plan that will see two major buildings functioning as a unified administrative hub built on 17.5 acres of land, divided by a major road. The project, one of six earlier shortlisted by the Public Works Department (PWD), cleared its most crucial obstacle after the Income-Tax (I-T) Department agreed to allow redevelopment of its 4.5-acre campus as part of the larger plan, officials said on Tuesday.

The I-T department's land, which houses the landmark Income Tax Office (ITO) that lends its name to the intersection, sits between PWD's 6.5-acre MSO complex and the adjoining 6.5-acre Vikas Bhawan plo...