In his first meeting with the Heads of Departments (HoDs) and secretaries, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal discussed the implementation of the 10 promises made to the Delhi voters before the Assembly election. Kejriwal had assured the Delhiites to focus on reducing pollution, augmentation of the water pipeline network, education, improving transportation infrastructure and extending health services.
The Chief Minister gave a week's time to prepare the action plan on how to implement the schemes mentioned in the ' guarantee card' released during the Assembly polls by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convener.
This was the first high-level meeting called by Kejriwal with the officers of Delhi Government after he took the reins of the City Government for the third time in a row. Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Ministers — Kailash Gahlot, Satyendar jain, Imran Hussain, Gopal Rai, Rajendra Pal Gautam — Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, all the principal secretaries and HoDs were present during the meeting.
"A very significant meeting was held today, where I met all the Ministers, secretaries and Heads of all the Departments, to have a detailed discussion on each of the 10 guarantees of our manifesto," said Kejriwal.
Addressing media after the formation of AAP 3.0, Kejriwal said he directed HoDs to prepare roadmap to fulfill promises made in guarantee card. "I have asked them to submit roadmap within a week," Kejriwal said soon after chairing meeting with officials.
While plans to execute 10 guarantees schemes will contain timeline as well as the budget or monetary requirements for the fulfillment, Kejriwal said that the respective departmental heads of education, health , security , water , electricity , transportation , environmental pollution to formulate a plan for the smooth functioning of their departments. "After one week, separate meetings will be held with each of these departments every week, where they will hold presentations notifying their requirements. The budget allocation on these guarantees will be announced during the announcement of the Budget for this financial year in the Delhi Assembly, CM added furthermore elaborating his execution plan. "Delhi Government has developed a detailed plan to further improve water availability in Delhi. We assure you 24-hour safe and clean tap water in the next five years."
Kejriwal said the new Government has already started its process following oath ceremony at a faster pace without wasting much time. "We have started working towards the development of Delhi, and I hope that we will work at a much faster pace than our tenure of the last five years," he added.