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Sheila takes stock of development projects

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Directs official departments to coordinate efforts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has exhorted all stakeholder departments and agencies to effectively coordinate for commissioning of infrastructure for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Directing them to work in "tandem", the Chief Minister asked the departments concerned to ensure completion of the projects well within the stipulated period. All stakeholders have also been requested to ensure quality control.

Ms. Dikshit was addressing a high level sub-committee meeting on Thursday where a presentation on city infrastructure for the Games was made, which included new flyovers, bridges and stadiums; transport connectivity including parking facilities; improvement and widening of roads, augmentation of power and water supply among other services.

The Chief Minister said a monitoring mechanism had already been created which includes a committee of secretaries under the chairmanship of the Union Cabinet Secretary, which meets every month, two empowered committees under the Union Youth Affairs Ministry Secretary and the Delhi Chief Secretary to ensure fast-track mechanism. A committee has also been constituted under the chairmanship of the Union Urban Development Ministry Secretary to achieve greater coordination among various agencies.

At the meeting it was pointed out that 27 new flyovers and bridges would be commissioned before December 2009 and of these 13 would provide connectivity to the Games Village, venues and hospitals whereas the remaining would provide intra-city connectivity.

Improvement and up-gradation of Thyagraja Sports Complex and Talkatora Stadium were also discussed. Issues relating to new Metro Rail connectivity, augmentation of the Delhi Transport Corporation fleet, High Capacity Bus System in seven corridors and new multi-level parking were also discussed. It was also decided to finalise issue of plying electric buses inside the Games Village.

The DTC would commission 225 modern disabled-friendly bus queue shelters on roads leading to the airport, railway stations and the Games venues by December 2007 whereas commissioning of 197 bus queue shelters in the New Delhi Municipal Council area will be completed in the immediate future.

Construction of two new inter-State bus terminals at Dwarka and Narela would begin by December 2007 whereas redevelopment of the Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar, Sarai Kale Khan ISBTs is in the pipeline, the Chief Minister was informed.

Additional parking facilities for 8,000 cars are being developed near Indira Gandhi Stadium, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Thyagraja Stadium and Delhi University. These include 16 multi-level parking sites to be commissioned by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on build-operate-transfer basis by December 2009. Work on six foot over-bridges has been completed whereas work on another four is in progress. In all, 47 foot over-bridges would be commissioned and escalators would be provided on some of them.

Around 8,000 MW of power would be added before start of the Commonwealth Games for which action has already been initiated.

The Chief Minister was informed that a 20-bed polyclinic in the Games Village with network connectivity to super specialty hospitals would be commissioned whereas up-gradation of five existing hospitals would be ensured. Issues related to improvement of areas around Old Delhi and New Delhi railway stations, improving street lighting and signs; adequate fire protection and beautification and landscaping were also discussed.

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