New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday called on Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu at Lok Niwas and discussed issues related to the city’s development and security.
An official statement said, “Discussions focused on Delhi’s development priorities and ensuring seamless civic arrangements, public safety and essential services across the capital during the festive season.”
The meeting came a day after the Delhi government’s campaign to clean Yamuna banks by engaging volunteers who offered voluntary service.
The campaign on Sunday involved 35,000 participants, including 20,000 citizens, families and RWA members, 10,500 karyakartas, 2,500 students and 2,000 NGO volunteers
Students from over 25 Delhi University colleges, with more than 400 from Deshbandhu College alone, joined efforts to remove 76,755 kg of MSW. The campaign also saw the deployment of 26 JCBs, 19 tractor-trolleys, 24 boats, 7 weed harvesters, trash skimmers and 269 PWD maintenance vans, said an official.
On October 22, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 43 Delhi Jal Board projects worth Rs 8,941.22 crore. These include 10 projects being inaugurated (Rs 2,827.11 crore) and 33 foundation stones (for projects worth Rs 6,114.11 crore).
The projects include: New 124 MGD STP at Okhla (Rs 1,161 crore); upgrading 8 STPs (Rs 1,041 crore), raising capacity from 78.2 to 140.8 MGD and benefiting 78.5 lakh people; and 29 new DSTPs and sewage pumping stations in outer Delhi (Rs 3,113.67 crore), covering 358 unauthorised colonies and 113 villages with 36.29 lakh residents.
Other projects include: 1,034 km of sewer network (Rs 1,691 crore) for 25.82 lakh people; a 477 MLD water treatment plant at Chandrawal (Rs 298.3 crore), replacing plants built in 1935 and 1955 and serving 22 lakh people; and 4.5 km Mundka trunk drain (Rs 225.02 crore), said an official.
Earlier on Monday, the Chief Minister inaugurated a Rs 16 crore biogas plant at Goyla Dairy.
In a message on X, the Chief Minister wrote, “For years, Delhi had not a single biogas plant. Today, 3 are commissioned in just 18 months, with 6 more planned! Every step brings us closer to a cleaner Maa Yamuna and a greener Delhi.”
The Chief Minister’s Office said on X, “Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta inaugurated a Rs 16 crore biogas plant at Goyla Dairy, with the capacity to process 200 metric tonnes of cattle dung daily into clean fuel and organic manure.”
“With three biogas plants commissioned in just 18 months and six more planned, Delhi Government is advancing Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi’s ‘Waste to Wealth’ vision through practical solutions that reduce pollution, strengthen waste management and benefit farmers,” it said.
–IANS
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