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Delhi CM spells out her priorities
News Category: Activism; Source: www.cities.expressindia.com; Date: 15/12/2003
Delhi government will give priority to infrastructure, such as roads, transport, water and power.
On the first day of her second term as chief minister, Sheila Dikshit said
that splitting up Municipal Corporation of Delhi into smaller, managable divisions
will be one of her foremost priorities.
The govenment is planning to implement the decision in the next couple of months,
sources said. The Assembly session in March is likely to take up this issue
with great earnest.
Dikshit said pollution in River Yamuna is another problem which she intends
to tackle on a war footing. ''The river pollution bothers me. About 17-18 drains
which flow into the river need to be handled,'' she said.
She emphasised that the ongoing projects in Delhi, which are incomplete and
have been going slow, will be expedited. She mentioned the Dhaula Kuan flyover
and Sonia Vihar water treatment plant as two such projects. They should be completed
by March next year, said Dikshit.
The statehood issue also figures in her list of commitments. The chief minister
said that the promises made in the party manifesto will be closely studied and
a schedule will be prepared to implement them. The manifesto is currently being
studied by top bureucrats, officials said.
Dikshit met senior government officials in the afternoon and asked them to
outline priority areas. She told the bureacrats about her vision to make Delhi
a global city and give priority to infrastructure like roads, transport, water
and power.
She said the government's huge mandate means rising expectations of people
from Delhi. It was necessary, she told the officers, that earlier achievements
in the fields of good governance (Bhagidari), information technology, power
and environment be followed up.
Dikshit asked them to review their systems and procedures and ensure that governance
was people-centric.
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