To accommodate its elected representatives, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has almost finalised appointments to the District Development Committee as well as various boards. There are 11 revenue districts across the city. Each District Development Committee will be headed by one elected representative.
As per the Delhi Government announcement, Vishesh Ravi has been nominated for Central district, Raju Dhingan for East, Col Devinder Sehrawat for New Delhi, Ajesh Yadav for North, SD Sharma for North-East, Mahindra Goel for North-West, Rajendra Gautam for Shahdara, Dinesh Mohaniya for South, Amanatullah for South-East, Bhawna Gaur for South-West and Naresh Balyan for West.
Officials said this was the way to involve people directly as well as through elected representatives in the process of planning, execution and monitoring of various schemes, projects and policies.
The main function of DDC is to identify the present plan schemes of all the departments for the particular area/district. The schemes are listed out for effective and time-barred implementation by the members of the respective departments enlisted in the District Development Committees.