MCD confident of meeting June 30 deadline for CWG 2010

MCD Commisssioner KS Mehra today said the civic body was confident of meeting deadlines for the works it has undertaken for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

Presenting the Revised Budget Estimates for 2009-10 and Estimates for 2010-11, Mr Mehra said, ''With 298 days left for the Games, we have set a June 30 deadline for the major works we have undertaken and we are confident of a good show.'' He added that the construction of parking facilty for 700 buses near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which costs Rs 350 crore, was progressing in a time-bound manner.

He also said arterial roads in areas like Karol Bagh and Paharganj were being upgraded for the Games.

Adding that underbridges and overbridges were under construction at 15 level crossings in the Capital with an investment of Rs 440 crore, the Commissioner stressed that the mentioned work will be completed by June 30.

The civic body will also build Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Citizen (B2C) kiosks to assist tourists during the Games.

Mr Mehra informed the media that MCD was also pumping Rs 613.36 crore to provide computerised stack parking for Ecculent Car Space (ECS) at 21 sites like Rajouri Garden, Hauz Rani, Jungpura and Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.

''We have also proposed building 14 automated multi-level parkings for 9,400 cars under the Public-Private Partnership model,'' he added.

The MCD has already launched a public awareness campaign to spread awareness about the significance of sanitation and hygiene. The Commissioner also said facilities in hospitals like Hindu Rao, Swami Dayanand, Kasturba and Maharishi Valmiki were being upgraded for the Games.

The MCD will soon open a poly-clinic in Kasturba Nagar.

Regarding slum-dwellers, Mr Mehra said 7,000 multi-storeyed buildings, with an investment of Rs 220 crore, were under construction to relocate them before June 30.