All govt depts under one roof: Plan on for new secretariat bldg

Time of India

2 days ago

New Delhi: Expressing displeasure over the dilapidated condition of the office of the department of women and child development at Kashmere Gate ISBT, chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday said it was time that a new, well-organised and integrated secretariat was constructed in Delhi for all govt departments.
A suitable location will be identified where the new Delhi secretariat can be set up, enabling all departments to function under one roof, she added.
Gupta made the statement at the launch of the 'Delhi Ko Koode Se Azaadi' campaign from the premises of the WCD department. "It is shocking to think how these officials, who are entrusted with ensuring good governance in Delhi, can work effectively in such deplorable circumstances.
The ceilings are leaking, the furniture is broken, there are no proper chairs to sit on, cupboards are damaged, and the fans are in such poor condition that they could fall at any moment," she observed.
She also expressed concern that the building, which suffered a fire in 2021, has still not been fully repaired to date. "Are we forcing our officials to work while putting their lives at risk?" she asked.
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Taking a dig at the previous govt, she said, "Those who called themselves an educated govt were busy building lavish offices for themselves but failed to provide basic facilities essential for the working of our officials.
The ones who spent Rs 70 crore on their own office couldn't spend even a few crores on these departments.
MCD launches citywide cleanliness campaign
Over 15 major garbage-prone points across eight wards of south Delhi were cleaned as part of the civic body's mega sanitation campaign. These included a 3 km stretch of Aurobindo Marg, IIT crossing, Lado Sarai Chowk, SSN Marg, and the road up to Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Bhati.
Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh, along with MCD commissioner Ashwani Kumar and MLAs Satish Upadhyay and Gajendra Singh Yadav, picked up brooms to sweep roads and lift garbage as they walked along the major garbage points. They were joined by hundreds of people from residents' welfare associations, market associations, NGOs, institutions, temples and religious organisations for a four-hour-long cleanliness drive covering over a 10 km stretch from Green Park to IIT, Mehrauli, Chattarpur and Bhatti mines.
The mayor said that the drive would cover intensive cleanliness operations in residential colonies, markets, industrial areas, schools, colleges, slum clusters, public toilets and other public spaces. Later in the day, Singh also visited the legal department on the 17th floor of Civic Centre and took part in removing old files and electronic waste.
In Karol Bagh, Civil Lines and Rohini zones—at least 180 metric tonnes of waste was collected along the railway track covering. Earlier, the civic body had signed an MoU with Northern Railway for cleaning and lifting garbage along the railway tracks and neighbouring areas.