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The Delhi government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta completed one year in office today, February 20th. On this occasion, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented her government’s one-year report card. She stated that this documented one year of hard work and transformation. “In one year, we are leading our sisters towards development. We have worked in every sector to bring about positive change in Delhi,” she said. The government implemented the Ayushman Yojana on its first day, and 30,000 people have benefited from it. Let’s find out what other information Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta shared about Delhi’s development.
Atal Canteens
70 Atal Canteens are operating in Delhi. Every day, 70,000 people are eating meals for ₹5.
Development in Slums
A budget of ₹700 crore has been allocated for slum development, including the construction of bathrooms, toilets, and roads.
Work is also underway on housing projects in slum areas. The flats built for them over the years are being renovated.
13,000 slums are being renovated.
500 foster care centers have been opened.
Minimum wages have been increased.
Work worth ₹85 crore has been initiated in SC-ST settlements.
Several kilometers of new drinking water lines have been built.
180 km of new sewer lines have been laid.
110 sewers have been replaced.
Ongoing work on the Chandrawal Plan will be completed this year.
Three new water treatment plants are underway.
352,000 people have settled their water bills. People have received benefits worth ₹1,400 crore.
Healthcare Sector Work
370 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs were built in 365 days. 1,100 will be built this year.
New blocks have been constructed in 5 hospitals.
We are addressing the shortage of machinery in hospitals.
HIMS has been implemented to eliminate corruption in hospitals.
100,000 Aabha cards have been created.
The creation of an AYUSH Society in Delhi also began this year.
To address the shortage of doctors and nurses in Delhi, 4,000 vacancies are being announced.
Education Sector Work
The Fee Regulation Act was introduced. Before this, there was no law in Delhi that could restrict fees.
7,000 smart classrooms and 75 CM Shri Schools were built.
Sports Work
Good work has also been done in the sports field. The Khel Mahakumbh was organized.
The CM has decided to provide the highest amount of funding in the country under the Sports Promotion Scheme.
It has been decided to provide ₹7 crore for a gold medal in the Olympics, ₹5 crore for a silver medal, and ₹3 crore for a bronze medal.
Work on Flyovers and Drainage
It is necessary to make Delhi a Delhi. Wall-to-wall carpeting has been completed on 500 km of the 1,400 km of PWD roads in one year.
Desilting work is underway in the drains. The Barapullah flyover will be handed over to the people of Delhi by June this year.
Drainage Master Plan: A new master plan will be prepared at a cost of Rs. 56,000 crore. Work on this has already begun.
3 Major Legacy Problems
Yamuna Cleaning
Previous governments never paid attention to the Yamuna. The Yamuna becomes polluted due to the sewage that flows into it. We started working on this from day one.
37 STPs were in very poor condition. 28 of them have been upgraded. Work is underway on 9 others.
Tendering for the construction of 34 new STPs has begun.
Delhi previously had a 700 MGD STP treatment capacity. We aim to increase this to 1,500 MGD. Currently, we have reached 814 MGD.
Pollution
The previous government never addressed pollution. They only raised slogans.
We started work on both dust and smoke. This is a year-long project.
Wall-to-wall carpeting is being done across Delhi.
3.5 million Indian trees will be planted in Delhi.
Delhi today has 4,000 EV buses. No other state has such a large fleet of EVs.
9,000 charging stations are to be built.
Mountains of Garbage
This was created by previous governments. 11,000 metric tons of garbage was generated every day, but only 4,000 metric tons could be processed.
Today, we are processing 30,000 metric tons of garbage every day.
