Finance committee clears projects related to city’s infrastructure
22 Nov 2012 8:09 AM IST
As many as 31 projects worth Rs 584 crore, majority of which are related to improving road infrastructure, were cleared on Wednesday by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Delhi government.
After an EFC meeting, chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the government had finalised an ambitious road infrastructure development programme which would cost Rs2,000 crore. ‘The mega project will be completed within the next two years,’ said Dikshit.
Out of the 31 projects cleared by the EFC, 27 are PWD projects while the rest four were submitted by Irrigation and Flood Control department.
EFC cleared improvement of 26 roads at an estimated cost of Rs 492 crore, while Rs 58 crore has been sanctioned for strengthening the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road from Andheria More to Masood Pur.
Sources said the each of the road development project would include widening of the existing roads from four to eight lanes, strengthening of existing roads, improvement of footpaths and drains, providing modern retro reflective road signages and streetlighting.
The contractors will have to maintain the roads for a period of five years.
All the 26 roads were part of 674 roads which were taken over from municipal corporations by the Delhi government in December last year. Not satisfied with MCD’s maintenance of the roads, the government had taken over 674 streets with a total length of 802 km from it.
After an EFC meeting, chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the government had finalised an ambitious road infrastructure development programme which would cost Rs2,000 crore. ‘The mega project will be completed within the next two years,’ said Dikshit.
Out of the 31 projects cleared by the EFC, 27 are PWD projects while the rest four were submitted by Irrigation and Flood Control department.
EFC cleared improvement of 26 roads at an estimated cost of Rs 492 crore, while Rs 58 crore has been sanctioned for strengthening the Mehrauli-Mahipalpur Road from Andheria More to Masood Pur.
Sources said the each of the road development project would include widening of the existing roads from four to eight lanes, strengthening of existing roads, improvement of footpaths and drains, providing modern retro reflective road signages and streetlighting.
The contractors will have to maintain the roads for a period of five years.
All the 26 roads were part of 674 roads which were taken over from municipal corporations by the Delhi government in December last year. Not satisfied with MCD’s maintenance of the roads, the government had taken over 674 streets with a total length of 802 km from it.
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