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Delhi's Expenditure Finance Committee approves six projects of Rs 1,572 cr
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SME Times News Bureau | 12 Jan, 2019
The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Delhi government on
Friday approved six projects worth Rs 1,572 crore for the national
capital, including the extension of the flyover from Ashram to DND and
redevelopment of Chandni Chowk from Lal Jain Mandir to Fatehpuri Mosque.
The
EFC, chaired by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish
Sisodia, also approved the construction of 12,000 additional classrooms
in Delhi government schools and construction of Integrated campus of
G.B. Pant Engineering College and Polytechnic at Okhla.
"The
government will rebuild the G.B. Pant Engineering College and
Polytechnic at Okhla completely. New hostels, academic blocks, labs, and
canteen will be built. The hostel will be for 400 students. The rebuild
will be done in two phases as the college is running. Its construction
will take two years at a cost of Rs 526.66 crore," Sisodia told the
media.
To ease the traffic between Ashram to DND, the Ashram flyover will be extended and will be joined to the DND.
"The flyover will be constructed in 15 months at a cost of Rs 128 crore," said Sisodia.
He
said a six-lane bridge will be constructed at Chhawla Najafgarh road
for better connectivity between various villages in Delhi and Haryana.
"It
will be ready in 24 months at a cost of Rs 36 crore. "The EFC also gave
its nod for construction and remodeling of Dada Dev Government Hospital
in Dwarka with an aim to up the number of beds from 106 to 281. "This
will cost Rs 53 crore," he said.
Similarly, the EFC also approved
the construction and remodeling of Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra
Hospital at Narela at a cost of Rs 244 crore.
"The existing
general hospital of 200 beds will be converted into a 773-bed
comprehensive hospital with 513 beds for integrated Cancer hospital and a
260-bed hospital for Maternity and Trauma care," he said.
"The
Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital at Shastri Park will also be remodeled at a
cost of Rs 189 crore to up the number of beds from 339 to 560."
Speaking
about the plan of the redevelopment of Chandni Chowk from Lal Jain
Mandir to Fatehpuri Mosque, Sisodia said: "The government will work for
the pedestrianisation and for creating facilities for non-motorised
vehicles between the stretch."
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