Govt clears Rs22 crore for street-scaping around Commonwealth venues

Looking to beautify the surroundings and have good roads around Commonwealth Games's venues across the city, the Delhi government today cleared a proposal worth Rs22 crore for undertaking street-scaping works.

The proposal was cleared today in an Expenditure Finance Committee meeting presided over by Delhi finance minister AK Walia.

Talking to reporters after the meeting here, Walia said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will undertake street-scaping of roads around the games venues for which an amount of Rs21.95 crore has been sanctioned.

The work of street-scaping on Jagannath Marg and Lodi Road will cost Rs3.40 crore and Rs18.55 crore respectively.

The street-scaping works will also be undertaken around Thyagraj Stadium, Nehru stadium, Siri Fort Sports complex, RK Khanna Lawn Tennis stadium, Dr Karni Singh stadium, Yamuna Sports complex and important sections of the Ring Road, the minister added.

"The agencies concerned have been asked to implement all basic ingredients of the project with due care and commitment as the facilities to be developed would become a permanent feature in the capital," Walia said.