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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Wednesday called for the reconstitution of the Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC) to guarantee beautification and planned redevelopment of Old Delhi.
Chairing a gathering astatine the Delhi Secretariat, Ms. Gupta acknowledged the authorities of despair successful Old Delhi, including historical Chandni Chowk market, and said her authorities is afloat committed to restoring the accepted quality of the place.
“Development successful Chandni Chowk has been hampered arsenic the country falls nether the jurisdiction of 3 antithetic agencies, resulting successful repeated delays. The SRDC volition beryllium reconstituted soon, and improvement enactment successful the Walled City volition beryllium undertaken done the revamped corporation, which volition see qualified practice conservation experts,” said Ms Gupta.
Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal, who attended the meeting, besides demanded the reconstitution of the SRDC.
The gathering besides discussed restricting definite commercialized activities to sphere the practice of the Chandni Chowk market.
The SRDC, a special-purpose vehicle, was constituted successful 2008 by past Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. It was tasked with promoting and conserving built and earthy heritage.
Najafgarh drain
Ms Gupta visited a agelong of the Najafgarh drain successful Paschim Vihar and directed officials to wide discarded and erect a bound partition on the drain. Cleaning the Najafgarh drain is portion of the government’s efforts to cleanable the stream Yamuna.
The CM reviewed ongoing improvement works astatine RBI Colony, Outer Ring Road, Meera Bagh, Sonia Camp and Paschim Puri. She directed officials to guarantee that each improvement and sanitation works are completed connected clip and maintained to the highest prime standards.
Ms Gupta besides called for the improvement of greenish belts successful the country to amended biology conditions and heighten the area’s aesthetic appeal.
