South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has released an amount of Rs 41.60 lakh for providing facilities at “Chhath ghats” situated under all its 104 wards. The amount will be spent on strengthening street lighting around ghats and other maintenance work, SDMC Mayor Narendra Chawla said.
He said the civic body is also ensuring cleanliness, basic civic amenities, health care counters. Besides, fogging is also being done to contain mosquitoes menace, he said.
Meanwhile, former Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) Preety Agarwal inaugurated four new ghats for celebrating the puja. The ghats have been developed at Raja Vihar, Suraj Park and Rohini (Sector 18).
Agarwal also wrote a letter to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari to develop Chhath Ghats on both sides of Munak Canal.
Mayor of East Delhi Bipin Bihari Singh inspected 10 ghats at the Shahsdra (South) on Friday and directed officials to sprinkle water around ghats to sun due dust pollution. The EDMC had on Thursday allocated Rs 10,000 for carrying out development work on ghats.