Published 20:18 IST, October 22nd 2019
Arvind Kejriwal announces beautification project for New Delhi streets
New Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced plans to beautify New Delhi streets, including redesigning of footpaths & drainage system to facilitate water harvesting
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal dressed a press conference on Tuesday where he said that Delhi Government has started work on giving streets of New Delhi a facelift and beautification of city. CM Kejriwal said that resideign work will be done is such a way that it matches 'international standard'. work will be done on trial bases for w.
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Street makeovers
Nine streets of Delhi, with length of 45 kilometers, will be redesigned. project will be a pilot basis and that work order of one project is alrey danctioned whereas two more work orders will be sanctioned on Tuesday while orders of remaining work orders will be sanctioned by vember end. work is scheduled to be completed in a year's time. project will make streets prettier, solve traffic issues and hopefully also reduce number of accidents in streets. Various junctions across city will be redesigned as well. ros that will be redesigned are: Wazirpur depot crossing-Rithala metro station, Britania chowk-Outer ring ro Pitampura West Enclave, Vikas Marg (Laxmi Nagar Chungi to Karkari Mor), AIIMS to Ashram, Motinagar T point to Pusa Ro, Narwana Ro, Mayapuri to Moti Bagh, Nigambodh Ghat ro near Kashmiri Gate. Ambedkar Nagar to Defence Colony flyover. cost of project is likely to be Rs. 8-10 crores per kilometer.
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Beautifications
"Firstly, all bottlenecks in se streets will be removed and s will be used in most efficient manner. footpaths will be widened and will be of a minimum of five feet in length and an aver of 10 feet. footpaths will also be reconstructed and redesigned in a manner that will benefit handicapped individuals." Kejriwal ded that all footpaths will be of a standard size. re will be s to grow trees in capital. Street furniture, dustbins will be introduced as well.
State Government will also be making stands for auto and e-rickshaws so that re is traffic congestion because of irregular parking or halts. Kejriwal anunced that water drain system will also be redesigned and reconstructed in a manner that will facilitate water harvesting.
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15:54 IST, October 22nd 2019