The Delhi Government has ordered municipal corporation officials to give a presentation on Wednesday on comprehensive sanitation, sewage and solid waste management system. In its manifesto, the Aam Aadmi Party had promised to ensure comprehensive sanitation, sewage and solid waste management in the Capital.
The Urban Development Ministry will hold a presentation regarding the civic issues taken up by AAP in its manifesto which will be assisted by all three municipal corporations of Delhi.
The party has promised to construct two lakh public toilets, half of which will be for women. The party said it will work on constructing eco-toilets too to save water. Claiming that one-fourth of the city is not connected to sewage networks, the party said all the houses will be connected to sewage network irrespective of the nature of settlement.
The manifesto has also promised to build a culture of weeding out plastic bags and segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste in every house. Sewage treatment plants will get a makeover which will “inexpensive” and efficient to manage.
To empower Delhi’s marginalised areas, the AAP is planning to focus on reforming and restructuring the work of land-owning and development agencies. In a bid to prevent mushrooming of unauthorised settlements, long-term policies are to be created to ensure availability of low-cost housing. The party manifestos focuses on making land allotment to private institutions like private hospitals, schools and colleges and urge them to be accountable to their duty towards economically weaker sections of the capital.
For unauthorised colonies, the party has promised to provide registration rights, property and sales deed, water, sewage lines and electricity. Within one year of forming the Government, the government promises to regularise the unauthorised colonies and give ownership rights to its residents.