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East Delhi in for major development: Sheila

Staff Reporter

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit

NEW DELHI: East Delhi will witness tremendous infrastructural development in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games in 2010, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said.

Civic services

“Construction of the Games Villages in the trans-Yamuna area will not only catalyse all-round development of the area but would also ensure civic services and civic infrastructure at par with the most developed localities of New Delhi,” said Ms. Dikshit while speaking at a function organised by Dilshad Colony Residents’ Welfare Association over the weekend to felicitate nodal officials of different departments for their support and cooperation in the development of the colony. The RWA had collected and deposited Rs. 2.84 crore with the Delhi Jal Board and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for basic amenities.

Ms. Dikshit announced that Rs.270 lakh had been sanctioned for improvement of the internal drains and roads of Dilshad Colony from the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board.

Effective forum

The Chief Minister said the Bhagidari movement had helped in providing an effective forum for interaction between the people and the Government. “It has helped the Government in providing transparent and responsive administration and curb corruption,” she said, describing the Bhagidari movement as a silent revolution.

Prominent among those present were area MP Sandeep Dikshit and local MLA Veer Singh Dhingan.

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