Delhi govt committed for all round development of Delhi: Walia

New Delhi, Mar 28 (UNI) Declaring the Delhi Government's commitment to an all round development of Delhi as evidenced by the developmental works carried out over the last eight years, Delhi PWD Minister A K Walia today said efforts in this direction would continue in the coming years.

Addressing a joint press conference with the president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Rambabu Sharma, Dr Walia said in the last eight years, 37 flyovers had been built in Delhi, 16 of which were done by the PWD. Further work had been completed on construction of six to eight lane roads on 33.2 km of road length while work on another 14.1 km of road length was going on.

On the anvil were 26 new flyovers, work on eight of which had started.

On the issues of sealing and demolition, Mr Walia said that under the 2021 Master Plan of Delhi, relief from sealing and demolition had been given on 2183 roads notified as mixed use or commercial roads. In fact, a majority of shops in Delhi had been provided relief from sealing.

Further, he said, an additional 355 roads in Delhi had been provided relief from sealing under the mixed use provisions in the MPD 2021.

Dr Walia said the remaining roads in Delhi would be provided relief from sealing under the Master Plan after the MCD polls, thus paving way for complete relief to people of Delhi.

UNI