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Delhi Clears Rs 1,000-Crore Village Works as CM Presses L-G to Finalise Master Plan 2041

A newly formed board approved 431 schemes following inaugurations of 81 Gramodaya Abhiyan projects across 50 villages.

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Overview

  • At its first meeting, the Delhi Rural Development Board approved 431 projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore across 30 Assembly and four Lok Sabha constituencies.
  • Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said Rs 1,000 crore has been allocated to the Board and directed time-bound completion to bring rural services on par with urban areas.
  • A day earlier, Gupta and L-G V.K. Saxena inaugurated 81 Dilli Gramodaya Abhiyan works across 50 villages, part of 854 projects sanctioned worth about Rs 760 crore from a Rs 960-crore corpus.
  • Gupta urged the L-G and DDA to expedite the long-pending Master Plan 2041, stating the government is ready to give rapid approval for proposals that serve public interest.
  • Alongside the rural push, the government opened a sports centre in Hiran Kudna, commissioned six switching substations to support charging for about 1,170 electric buses, and launched a GIS grid substation, a fire station in Narela, and a solar rooftop plant in North-West Delhi.