Fri, Jul 16 10 05:53 PM
New Delhi, Jul 16 (PTI) With the Commonwealth Games just 77 days away, several redevelopment and beautification projects undertaken by MCD appeared to be stuttering towards completion but the civic body maintained that most work will be over by July 31. At an inspection visit of Games projects carried out by the MCD top brass including city Mayor Prithvi Raj Sawhney along with the media today, a mixed picture emerged. While the important bus parking bay near main sports venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was over, redevelopment work in several lanes of Paharganj in central Delhi seemed patchy. Leader of MCD House Subhash Arya said he was "90 per cent satisfied" with the work but admitted that "10 per cent shortcomings" are there. "There is a need to increase the pace of work in respect with Karol Bagh and Paharganj," he said. Both Arya and Sawhney expressed confidence that work on Games projects will be completed by July 31 -- the new deadline set by MCD -- but said in some areas, it might get further delayed as agencies like BSES were digging the roads for laying of cables. "The work has been up to satisfaction. There is no question of missing the deadline. In some areas, road digging work is posing a problem. If agencies like BSES stop digging today, we will be able to complete everything in time," the Mayor said after the inspection tour in which MCD Standing Committee Chairman Yogender Chandolia was also present. The MCD top brass appeared happy over the completion of the project for parking of 750 buses which was done after covering Khushak Nullah and Sunehari Nullah near JLN Stadium. "We have used German technology for this Rs 320 crore project. The parking bay over Khushak -- one km long and 65 metres wide -- is a key project as buses of athletes will come directly here from Games Village via Barapullah elevated road," Engineer-in-Chief Ravidass said. The Mayor called it an "wonderful achievement" and pointed out that work has been completed in just over a year. The crucial redevelopment work in hotels and guest houses near Paharganj, however, seemed to be half-finished in some lanes and construction waste was seen lying on streets. MCD had installed pebbled stretches beside lanes for parking cars and carried out underground ducting of cables in these areas. In some areas, local residents alleged that the MCD took several months to lay pebbles and ducting work has just started in some areas. "They only show the media the parts where work has been done. In fact, the digging work has led to breaching of sewer and water lines," a shopkeeper claimed. An MCD engineering department official said the work in some areas in Paharganj may take till August 30 to complete. "Of course, if BSES does their work faster, it will help us. But we have extended the deadline," he said. (More) PTI SDG
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