Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta chaired a 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 the Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation will be reconstituted to steer heritage-led work and will include qualified conservation experts.
- Gupta directed officials to speed up improvements in Chandni Chowk and ordered immediate construction of women-focused Pink Toilets.
- Sood urged hiring specialist heritage firms and proposed restricting commercial activity within heritage structures while halting new construction to preserve the market’s original look.
- Officials acknowledged repeated delays due to overlapping jurisdiction across three agencies, and participants attributed deterioration to neglect under the previous government.