Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, during an review meeting at the secretariat on Friday, gave strict instructiont to officials concerned across all the government departments to expedite the ongoing development works across the city.
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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, during an review meeting at the secretariat on Friday, gave strict instructiont to officials concerned across all the government departments to expedite the ongoing development works across the city.
Rekha Gupta made it very clear that there would be neither any shortage of budget for the development works, nor will be any lenience for laxity. She issued directions to the department heads for completion of all the tender-related processes by the end of this month, and ensure that the works concerned are completed prior upcoming monsoon season.
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The review meet was held regarding the works that have been taken up across the national capital under the Chief Minister Development Fund (CMDF), the Delhi Village Development Board (DVDB) and the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board (TYADB).
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DVDB chair Rajkumar Chauhan, TYADB Chairman Arvinder Singh Lovely and other senior officials of the departments were present in the meeting.
CM Gupta emphasised that the pace of development works must be visible on the ground, adding that projects worth approximately Rs 3,786 crore have been approved so far under the above mentioned three departments.
She stated that ensuring that budgetary funds are utilised for the development works remains a key priority of her government while directing officials to begin the processes related to the works swiftly at the start of the new financial year to ensure timely completion.
The Chief Minister informed that, in order to strengthen basic infrastructure in the capital and accelerate development at the local level, a large number of projects have been approved under the CMDF scheme, and so far 3,812 such projects have received administrative nod under the scheme.
The cost of these approved is around Rs 1,798.85 crore, she added, further sharing that these include road construction, making drains, works related to water supply, installation of street lights, development of parks and several other basic infrastructure facilities.
The implementation agencies for these are Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) and TPDDL.
Notably, the highest number of projects are being executed through the MCD.
After the meeting, the CM shared that her government is taking steps for the development of Delhi’s villages as 707 projects across various rural areas have been approved under the Delhi Village Development Board (DVDB), worth Rs 1,557 crore, she added.
These works are aimed at improving the living standards of the residents across the villages, and out of the 707, 411 projects have been assigned to the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, 293 projects to the MCD and 3 projects to the DSIIDC.
The CM also shared that to accelerate development in Trans-Yamuna, a total of 799 projects have been approved under the TYADB, with an expenditure of approximately Rs 430 crore.
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