Big boost for Karawal Nagar: `300 cr cleared

New Delhi: Development works worth around Rs 300 crore have been approved so far in Karawal Nagar Assembly constituency as part of the government’s push to upgrade civic infrastructure in the area, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said on Wednesday.

Inaugurating the construction of Kalighata 20-Foota Road and several adjoining lanes, Mishra said the government was working towards the goal of a “Developed Karawal Nagar” with projects covering roads, health facilities, public transport and civic amenities.

He said that work on another major 28-Foota Road would begin within a month, while widening and construction of the Khajuri–Bhajanpura–Dayalpur–Karawal Nagar–Shiv

Vihar arterial road would also start soon.

Highlighting improvements in healthcare access, the minister said 12 Ayushman

Arogya Mandirs were planned in the constituency, of which three had already been inaugurated.

Public transport services in the area will be expanded threefold, with new electric buses to be introduced from

Karawal Nagar Depot, Bhagat Singh Colony and Chauhan Patti, he added.

Mishra also said the first Atal Canteen in Karawal Nagar, aimed at providing affordable meals to the poor and underprivileged, would be launched before February 20, with plans to open one canteen in every ward thereafter.