Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday reviewed the ongoing construction work of the underpass at city’s Benito Juarez Marg along with works related to the development of roads in Central and New Delhi.
For works related to the development of roads, Sisodia, who is also Public Works Department (PWD) minister, approved projects worth Rs 23.96 crore.
Meanwhile, Sisodia also approved Rs 2.54 crore to install lifts and escalators, for the convenience of the users of the foot-over bridge and skywalk being built along with the underpass at BJ Marg. “The Kejriwal Government is committed to provide safe, smooth and beautiful roads to the people of Delhi. Our focus is to decongest Delhi roads, strengthen them and give people a better commuting experience,” said Sisodia.
Sisodia also directed the officials of PWD that this project should be completed in time so that people do not face any problem in movement and they get relief from incessant traffic.
Notably, the underpass at BJ Marg is part of Corridor Improvement Project of PWD which was taken up to improve the Outer Ring Road from IIT to NH-8 and its impact areas.
“The construction work of the underpass at the junction of BJ Marg and Inner Road has been completed and it will be opened for the use of the general public from next month,” said an official.
“For the convenience of the users of the foot over bridge and skywalk being built along with this underpass, the Deputy Chief Minister has also approved the installation of 4 lifts with a total capacity of 24 people and two escalators under this project,” said the official.
Sisodia on Wednesday also reviewed the works related to the strengthening and development of roads of Central Delhi and New Delhi and directed the PWD officers to improve the condition of the roads.
For this, the Deputy CM approved the project works worth Rs 24 crore. He also approved the project work of Rs 1,26,36,350 for updating the sub-station of Shakti Nagar Pump.
In another review meeting with the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DSIIDC) including setting up of cloud kitchen clusters, redevelopment of non conforming industrial area, redevelopment of Gandhinagar as “Garment Hub”, establishment of new electronic city, redevelopment of flatted factory complex at Jhandewalan under redevelopment of conforming areas.
Sisodia said, “Delhi Government has begun working on the schemes announced in this year’s Rozgar Budget in a phased manner. We are in conversation with different stakeholders and agencies to expedite the process of designing policies and implementation of these schemes for the benefit of residents of Delhi.”