Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a high-level meeting at the Delhi Secretariat with MP Praveen Khandelwal, Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood, and senior officials from SRDC, PWD, MCD and Delhi Police.
- The government said all redevelopment in the Walled City will be routed through a revamped SRDC that includes qualified heritage conservation experts.
- Ashish Sood urged full restriction of commercial activity within heritage structures and a halt to new construction to preserve Chandni Chowk’s original appearance.
- Gupta directed departments to expedite works and ordered the construction of Pink Toilets to address the shortage of women’s facilities.
- Officials cited SRDC’s recent inactivity and overlapping agency control as key bottlenecks, with legal restructuring steps, enforcement measures and timelines still to be announced.