Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma on Tuesday called on the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Poverty Eradication Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi and held discussions pertaining to development of the city and schemes related to it besides making appeal to release the installments of the JNNURM. The mayor also invited the union minister to visit the city. Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Tejaswi S Naik was also present on the occasion.
Sharma and Naik provided detailed information of the development works going on in Bhopal by the BMC and hold discussions over beautification and conservation of lakes of city and installing statues of sachems of Madhya Pradesh in the city like that of the Raja Bhoj statue. Discussions were also held over solid waste management in the city.
The BMC Commissioner apprised the union minister about the ongoing activities on the banks of the lakes of the city including Rahgiri Day and the Madhya Pradesh Day programme held on the bank of the upper lake of Bhopal. Naidu extended good wishes to Sharma for getting elected as the mayor of the city.