Overview

• On June 10, CM Rekha Gupta met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him on Delhi’s flagship development projects and secure central backing.
• She highlighted the deployment of modern technology to enhance waste management, focusing on recycling operations and waste-to-resource conversion.
• Under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ initiative, her government pledged to plant 70 lakh trees this year and upgrade public parks to improve air quality.
• Gupta handed Modi a martyrs memorial memento and proposed turning heritage sites into educational tourism hubs to foster patriotism among schoolchildren.
• She praised the central government’s support for accelerating projects and reaffirmed her commitment to the PM’s “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas” vision.