Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone for development works in 13 unauthorised colonies in Nangloi Jaat assembly constituency on Tuesday. The work includes streets, roads and drains in these 13 colonies. Local MLA Sh. Raghuvinder Shokeen was also present on the occasion.
The total budget of the project is Rs. 86.47 crores. The project included constructing streets, drains and others developmental works will be completed by October 2019.
A total of 623 roads with124 kilometres in length would be developed. Besides, 172 kilometres of drain would also be developed in 13 colonies. An estimated four lakh people would be benefitted from the project, the Delhi Government said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Delhi Government has invested a major chunk of its budget for these colonies for developing drains, street lights, roads and pipelines for ensuring better living conditions in these colonies, it said.
It further said that the areas would be sanitised after constructing quality roads and developing basic amenities. This comes in line with the vision of the Arvind Kejriwal led government to give better life to the residents of these unauthorised colonies, it added.
The colonies which will be benefited from the project are Shivram Park, Hanuman Enclave, Ashok Mohalla, Rao Vihar, Vandana Vihar, Amanpuri, Adhyapak Nagar, Laxmi Park, Shiv Park, Kavita Colony, Yadav Park, Nihal Park and Shivram Park.