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With 34% of its fund earmarked for electricity, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has projected installing astatine slightest 2,000 CCTV cameras crossed Lutyens’ Delhi successful coordination with the Delhi police, portion mounting a people of shifting wholly to renewable vigor by 2028.
The CCTV cameras volition beryllium installed nether the Safe City Project, with unrecorded feeds shared with the Delhi police. NDMC vice-chairperson Kuljeet Chahal said the integration process has already begun. “So far, 82 cameras person been connected to the Integrated Control and Command Centre, and astir 700 locations person been identified for installation,” helium said.
NDMC chairperson Keshav Chandra, who presented the fund connected Wednesday, said the civic assemblage has erstwhile again tabled a surplus budget. For 2026–27, NDMC has projected fund estimates of ₹5,953 crore, with a surplus of ₹143 crore against full expenditure estimates of ₹5,801 crore. For 2025–26, the revised expenditure stood astatine ₹5,481 crore, resulting successful a surplus of ₹205 crore.
Apart from electricity, 34% of the fund has besides been allocated to General Administration. Civic amenities person received 11% of the allocation, portion sanitation, health, and coagulated discarded absorption relationship for 8%.
This year, NDMC has besides acceptable speech funds for hosting nationalist events and taste activities. Chandra said a dedicated fund has been planned for specified initiatives. In a first, NDMC has created a abstracted section for creation and culture, allocating 1% of the full fund to it. Under the Public Art and Culture Policy, projected initiatives see “Art with Heart”, a Creative Hub, and theme-based sculptures.
Heritage projects specified arsenic the conservation of the Gole Market gathering and the Veerangana Museum task are expected to beryllium completed by 2026–27. NDMC has besides projected redevelopment of markets including Super Bazar, Akbar Bhavan, and onshore adjacent Khan Market, with plans for infrastructure upgrades, cosmopolitan accessibility, façade standardization, nighttime cleaning, and the instauration of nighttime bazaars.
On the biology front, NDMC plans to beforehand Miyawaki forestry. A parkland adjacent Najaf Khan Road successful Lodhi Colony is being developed arsenic a Miyawaki forest, on with a akin task successful Sarojini Nagar. The chairperson besides said h2o prime monitoring would beryllium strengthened. “At present, h2o sampling is done astatine 45 locations. We volition summation the sampling and behaviour it regular to guarantee prime and rapidly emblem immoderate contamination,” helium said.
In presumption of revenue, NDMC information shows that 38% of its income comes from fees and idiosyncratic charges, portion 21% comes from taxation revenue. License fees lend 15%, and involvement net relationship for 10% of the full income of Rs 5,689 crore for 2025–26.
