Mayor to meet councillors frequently for development
New Delhi: To address the long-pending complaints of councillors, mayor Raja Iqbal Singh has decided to hold frequent meetings. On Thursday, he met councillors and officials from West and Najafgarh zones.
The councillors raised concerns about deteriorating sanitation services, the need for maintaining parks, removing illegal encroachments, upgrading streetlighting and enhancing community hall upkeep. They also discussed the development of waterbodies under AMRUT scheme and the need for better maintenance of school facilities.
The mayor emphasised that the meeting aimed to understand ward-level challenges, encourage dialogue with elected representatives and work together towards effective, on-ground solutions.
West Delhi MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat and MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar were also present.
"We assured the councillors that necessary funds for developmental works would be released soon and emphasised that Municipal Corporation of Delhi, in coordination with Delhi govt, will expedite all pending works," Singh said, adding that officials were asked to work on immediate and long-term solutions to the problems. He urged the councillors to work in close cooperation with officials for better development and conduct field visits together.
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The MCD commissioner apprised that efforts were underway to complete desilting work on time and all areas were being covered on priority.
During the house meeting on Wednesday, councillors from these zones highlighted civic issues unattended for years. In Central zone, the contract for door-to-door collection of waste ended a long time ago, and at least three extensions were given to the concessionaire. In West zone, the scenario is almost the same, affecting the status of cleanliness.
On Friday, the mayor inspected Tuglaqabad village and directed officials to strengthen sanitation and spray medicine to prevent vector-borne diseases. He also asked senior officials to clean the main drain of the village and repair the connecting road. Along with the sanitation workers, the number of auto tippers collecting garbage should also be increased so that the sanitation system could be strengthened, Singh added.
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