Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal shares new technique for road construction

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has shared a new technique of road construction that he said that his government will undertake. Addressing a crowd at Delhi's Rithala, CM Kejriwal said, "To build a new road, the old one will be broken first. Then the material of the old road will be used in the construction of the new road." CM Kejriwal was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of development projects worth Rs. 50 crores in Rithala constituency of north Delhi. He was joined by PWD Minister Satyendar Jain and AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal.

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"To date, new roads were built over the old broken roads, due to which the level of houses reduced from that of the road. Now this will not happen. Now we will scratch the old bad road and build a new one," CM Kejriwal said. He apprised the crowd that 13 kilometres long roads will be built in the area as part of developmental works and claimed that the work will be finished in five months time. "I will personally monitor this project. We will not take a day extra than five months to finish the construction."

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"The other day I went to a colony, there the roads were broken. I asked the locals should we build a new road, they said please don't. I asked why they said that if you built a road on this then the level of our houses will be below that of the road. Because of this, during rains, the water will flow downwards into our house. So then we decided to change our technique. If we build a road on top of the broken one, it'll create more trouble for people than comfort," the Aam Aadmi Party chief said. Kejriwal also claimed that the new 13 km road will be based on this new model and will use 30 per cent of its materials from the leftovers of the broken road. This he said will not compromise on quality and will save on public expenses.

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