Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will finally move to the central Delhi location with Urban Development Ministry allotting him a three-bedroom house at Tilak lane in the lutyens’ zone. In an interview to a news channel he said he and his wife visited the new home and will soon shift to the allotted house.
The Directorate of Estates has allotted a ground floor house C-II/23, at Tilak lane, a type VI house to the Chief Minister. Delhi Government had made a request for a suitable accommodation in Central Delhi for its Chief Minister. The corner house with three bedrooms, drawing, dining, two servant quarters and a common garage near the Patiala House court is spread across about 1,600 sq. feet area with a lawn and community park nearby.
Though the Delhi Government has a few bungalows in its possession at DDU Marg and Shamnath Marg, the CM has preferred for a house in the Central Delhi given his Gole Market constituency in the area. The CM was earlier allotted two duplex apartments on Bhagwan Dass Road but he declined the accommodation after controversy erupted over it.
The house has been handed over to PWD of Delhi Government and now it will be responsible for its maintenance, sources added.Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been asked to vacate 3 Motilal Nehru Place, a type VIII bungalow. “A letter to this effect was issued on January 10,” they said.