A major accident averted as Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s convoy halted for nearly 15 minutes on the Haiderpur flyover on Wednesday morning as half a dozen stray cattle blocked the road. This prompted the driver to make an emergency stop. The incident occurred when she was touring different parts of Delhi a day after presenting the city’s largest-ever budget of Rs One Lakh Crore. She went around constituencies and listened to people’s grievances.

Upon seeing the stray cows, the Chief Minister came out of her vehicle and asked the officials to find a shelter for the animals. According to an eyewitness, the driver applied the brakes just in time as the stray cattle appeared on the flyover. The Chief Minister stepped out of her car to check on the animals and later security personnel intervened to ensure they were safely moved aside.

A major accident was averted as the driver applied brakes on time, seeing the stray cattle on the flyover. A video from the Chief Minister’s Office captured her inquiring about the animals and waiting approximately 15 minutes for them to clear the road. According to a Chief Minister Office (CMO) official, the Chief Minister has issued instructions to provide proper shelter for the stray cattle in the area.

She also directed officials to remove unauthorised posters and banners from public property and emphasised, “No one has the right to damage public property. If we want a clean and beautiful Delhi, everyone’s cooperation is necessary.

It is our collective responsibility to

protect public property.”

 While inspecting metro pillars, she objected to posters and hoardings hanging from them and asked the officials to remove those. She said such acts must be discouraged since such banners destroy the city’s beautiful landscape.

The Chief Minister inspected Pitampura and inaugurated development projects. She directed the removal of unauthorised posters and banners from public property including Delhi Metro pillars, said a CMO statement.

 “If we want a clean and beautiful Delhi, everyone’s cooperation is necessary. It is our collective responsibility to protect public property,” she said.

During the inspection in ward 57 in Pitampura, the Chief Minister suspended a sanitation inspector finding a lack of desilting of a four feet wide drain in the area, a Delhi government officer said. During the visit, she went to various blocks in Pitampura, interacted with the residents and directed officials to solve the problems raised by them.

The Chief Minister inaugurated development works completed in SD (C) Block, HP Block, LP Block, RU Block, MU Block and G and JU Block in Pitampura. These works include the construction of new lanes, drains, sewage lines and security gates.

 She emphasised that the Delhi government is committed to providing comprehensive, world-class amenities and facilities in all colonies across the city.

 Construction of drains in front of Gopal Mandir Marg and City Park Hotel in LP Block at a cost of Rs 36 Lakh, improvement of drainage system and strengthening of Outer Ring Road worth Rs 12.86 Crores in RU Block, new sewage line in MU block and construction of two stainless steel security gates in G and JU blocks, the statement said.