Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurates projects related to Water, Power, Roads, Education and Public Amenities
New Delhi(The Uttam Hindu): Delhi Chief Minister Mrs Rekha Gupta today inaugurated and inspected several major development projects in the Shalimar Bagh Assembly Constituency. The projects cover key sectors including electricity, water, roads, education, and public amenities. The Chief Minister said these initiatives will provide fresh momentum to Delhi’s development and mark a new beginning for the entire city. On this occasion, local Member of Parliament Mr Praveen Khandelwal, Delhi Government Cabinet Minister Mr Ashish Sood, along with a large number of residents and public representatives, were present.
To strengthen basic infrastructure in Shalimar Bagh, Mrs Rekha Gupta inaugurated new underground reservoirs, tubewells, and booster pumps in the CA and BW Blocks at a cost of about Rs 65 lakh. She also announced that construction of a yoga centre would begin before the Navratri festival. In the power sector, Delhi’s first Hotline Maintenance Van was flagged off, purchased by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited for Rs 1.5 crore. This modern vehicle enables power line repairs without outages. A project worth Rs 2.8 crore to convert a 33 KV overhead conductor into an underground cable was also launched. The Chief Minister announced that such vehicles will be deployed in every Assembly constituency.
Highlighting urban illumination, she announced the installation of new high mast and pole lights in Shalimar Bagh and Pitampura at a cost of about Rs 97 lakh. Nearly 44,000 conventional lights across Delhi are being replaced with LEDs, with the city expected to be fully lit up before Diwali. She also inspected the construction of a new road linking Ring Road near Guru Gobind Singh College, being built at a cost of Rs 12 crore.
In the education sector, a new PM Shri School will be established in Haiderpur on a 5,000 sq. yd. plot, the first senior secondary school in the area with science and English-medium education. A new community hall for Haiderpur has also been approved. In Shalimar Bagh, a yoga centre’s foundation stone was laid, and an underground wiring project worth Rs 8 crore has been completed, making the BH East Block free of overhead wires. The narrow road in Singalpur village is also being widened to connect directly to the Ring Road.
The Chief Minister stressed that these projects reflect the government’s top priorities: water, electricity, roads, education, and sanitation and reaffirmed her commitment to a “Viksit Delhi, Viksit Bharat.”
Mrs Rekha Gupta further informed that the Munak Canal, a crucial water lifeline for Delhi, will now be maintained by the Delhi Government under a new MoU. The canal will be barricaded, cleaned before Diwali and Chhath, and proper ghats prepared for Chhath Puja. She appealed to citizens not to throw waste into the canal. She also announced that road construction along the Munak Canal, costing Rs 5,000 crore, has begun with Central Government support. A DPR is under preparation, and Rs 40 crore has been sanctioned for a new Chhath ghat from Inderlok to Outer Ring Road.