The Arvind Kejriwal Government has decided to beautify, landscape and redesign 1,400 kilometres of roads under the Public Works Department on the lines of the makeover and beautification of roads during the G20 Summit. It has also decided to hire a maintenance agency to safekeep the assets created during the G20 Summit.
Addressing a press conference, Delhi Cabinet Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj thanked the people of Delhi for making the G20 Summit a success and assured that there were 1,400 kilometres of roads under the PWD and the Kejriwal Government would carry out beautification work, including decorative horticulture, on them.
“During the preparations for G20, many roads across the city were redesigned and beautified, landscaping was done in the city, and lights and fountains were installed at various spots. The key areas of Delhi were decorated, well-maintained and beautified to welcome G20 guests from the world over. Following this success, the Delhi Government has decided to beautify other areas of the national Capital on the lines of key areas beautified during G20 Summit that wrapped up on Sunday,” they said.
Atishi, who is also in charge of PWD, said that she held a meeting on Monday morning regarding the beautification work to be carried out in the national Capital When asked about the measures being taken for the security of the assets created for the mega event, Atishi said, “We will hire a maintenance agency for safekeep of statues and fountains installed for the summit.”
Atishi added, “Mechanical road sweeping and road washing was going on in a systematic way during the G20 Summit. This will continue now by MCD.”
“If the need arises, Delhi Government will support them in buying more machines to keep Delhi clean. We will not wait for even a single day. I called a review meeting today (Monday) morning. From tomorrow, I will be on ground zero to review the areas where the beautification works will be carried out,” she said.
Atishi said there are 1,400 kilometres of roads under the PWD and they will carry out beautification work, including decorative horticulture, on them.
Urban Development minister Bharadwaj said that the Public Works Department (PWD), Urban Development (UD) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will work together to keep the national capital beautiful in future as well.
“We want to congratulate the two crore people of Delhi for their cooperation in making the G20 Summit successful. It was with their money which was collected through taxes that we could beautify Delhi,” Bharadwaj said.
“For three days, people of Delhi had confined themselves to their homes. On some days, they faced traffic jams as well. PWD, MCD, UD and many other departments will work together to make Delhi beautiful in future as well,” he said.
Expressing gratitude towards the people of Delhi for their cooperation, Bharadwaj said, we want to congratulate the two crore people of Delhi for their cooperation in making the G20 Summit successful. “
He added that in the past 15-20 days, the people of Delhi had to face traffic jams across various parts of the city, and during the three days of the summit, they showcased strict self-discipline to allow smooth access to the foreign delegates to the different parts of the city.
“For three days, people of Delhi had confined themselves to their homes. On some days, they faced traffic jams as well. PWD, MCD, UD and many other departments will work together to make Delhi beautiful in future as well,” he said.