Stopping purchase of petrol and diesel-based passenger vehicles, setting up over 100 e-charging stations in its area, common payment portal for all its services and smart bus queue shelters are among the projects announced by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in its budget for 2022-23.
"NDMC continues to take lead in pollution mitigation measures and has resolved to stop purchase of petrol or diesel based passenger cars and will acquire electric cars in future, converting its existing fleet too in a phased manner. NDMC has already introduced more than sixty e-charging stations in its area and is augmenting by more than 100 in this year itself," the civic body chairman Dharmendra said in his budget speech on
Friday.
"A fleet of the E-Scooter is planned to be deployed this year complementing the smart bikes. Its cycle-in-city scheme is expected to put in place dedicated cycle tracks in facilitating office goers to cycle to work in a safe and enjoyable manner. To reduce the dust pollution intensive tree washing is being continued.
"Mist sprayers have been deployed at central park with more coming up and mechanical road sweepers have proven to be very effective in mitigating dust in air. Green strips are being developed at a fast pace so that entire brown space is covered leaving little scope for dust pollution," he added.
"The total receipts of the Budget Estimates (BE) 2022-23 are `4381.43 Crore against `3814.30 Crore provided in Revised Estimate (RE) 2021-22. The actual receipts in 2020-21 were ` 3915.79 Crore. The BE 2022-23 for the revenue receipts are `3842.78 Crore against ` 3336.45 Crore provided in RE 2021-22 and actual of `3126.44 Crore in 2020-21," he said.
"The BE 2022-23 for capital receipts are `538.64 Crore against `477.85 Crore provided in RE 2021-22 and actual of `789.35 Crore in 2020-21. The total expenditure for BE 2022-23 are ` 4202.48 Crore against `3678.45 Crore provided in RE 2021-22 and actual of `3236.