Delhi

NMC councillors told to identify place for setting up model municipal market

Staff Reporter

In a move to revamp basic civic infrastructure at the ward level, leader of the House in North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) Tilak Raj Kataria has asked its councillors to identify place for development of at least one model municipal market, children park, herbal park, nakshatra vatika, pathological lab, school, women park, diabetes cure centre in each ward.

The  councillors were also directed to send the proposal to leader of House office in one month. Kataria said that his priority is to make the Corporation financially self-reliant by implementing the existing schemes as well as developing new scheme to earn revenue.

He said that a zonal meeting with zonal ward committee Chairmen will also be conveyed in a first week of every month to speed up and review the development works. Further, a meeting with chairmen of special and ad-hoc committees will also be called to discuss agenda of house meeting. Regular interaction with all the  councillors will be ensured to know citizens’ grievances, he said.

leader of House also said that councillors have been asked to conduct meeting and carry out inspections with Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) and officials concerned in their respective wards to know the ground reality and make the administration more accountable and transparent.