New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her ministers will list the achievements of the BJP government’s 100-day rule in Delhi at a programme on Friday, official sources said.
The programme may be held at 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow, where Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal lived as the chief minister from 2015 to September 2024, they said.
The bungalow was branded as “Sheesh Mahal” by the BJP over alleged corruption in its construction and extravagant expenditure to stuff it with lavish household items and interiors.
Focusing on improving basic infrastructure has remained the BJP’s main focus so far. The new government has fast-tracked projects to reduce traffic congestion, announced a new flyover construction in outer Delhi and approved pending plans to complete the metro extension. This month, the government has started a campaign with all departments to make Delhi clean and beautiful. The government has also announced plans to modernise major roads, improve drainage systems, and street lighting facilities.
The conflict between the state government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), a long-standing problem, has been resolved. As the BJP holds a majority in the MCD, it has made it easier to streamline inter-departmental work. During the previous AAP government, there was poor coordination on most matters.
As Delhi Police functions under the Union Home Ministry, the BJP-led Delhi government has been able to smoothly coordinate with the Home Ministry to increase CCTV surveillance in the city and has even started several women’s safety programmes — new night buses deployed and patrolling units for women’s safety started. So far, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has had three meetings with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on these issues.
Recently, CM Rekha Gupta said that the government has resolved to clean the Yamuna river and ensure that the river is a symbol of cultural renaissance, during the tenth Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog. The Delhi government has plans to set up 40 new decentralised Sewage Treatment Plants STPs to ensure thorough cleaning of the drains linked to the Yamuna. The government has sought the cooperation of the central government and bordering states for this initiative.
The government is also working towards the construction of Yamuna River Front, aiming to make it a centre of attraction in Delhi’s tourism. The front will include boating and water sports.
Improving public infrastructure is the need of the hour for the overall development of Delhi. The government has set a target to continuously realise this through a strategy, Four-S — based on the principles of Scope, Scale, Speed and Skill.
To address Delhi’s pollution problem, the government has set a target to bring public transport to 100 per cent electric mode. and announced the Delhi Electric Vehicle Interconnector (DEVI) project. The government has set a target to operate 2000 new electric buses in the current financial year. The work of disposal of all three garbage mountains of Delhi is also going on rapidly with the cooperation of the central government. The government is determined to establish Delhi as a Zero Emissions City by the year 2047.
