New Delhi [India]: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday reaffirmed her government’s commitment to improving living conditions in the capital’s slums, stating that not a single slum will be demolished. She made these remarks during a visit to a slum area where infrastructure upgrades are underway.
While speaking to residents, CM Gupta emphasized that the government is actively investing in essential amenities like drainage systems, toilets, and parks for slum communities.
“I have just come to a slum area where we are laying sewer lines and I want to give a message to all the slum dwellers of Delhi that these people who are in shock that the government has not completed 100 days and so much work is going on continuously are circulating some lists in WhatsApp groups as part of a conspiracy that slums will be demolished. not even one slum settlement, not even one slum colony of Delhi, is going to be demolished. We have kept a budget of Rs 700 crores for different kinds of work to be done in the slums here. to provide all these facilities like drains, toilets, bathrooms and parks for children, we are investing crores of rupees in every slum area,” she said.
CM Gupta reiterated the government’s pro-people approach and its efforts to restore the Yamuna River:
“The government is working in the interest of the people, in the interest of the slum dwellers. Yamuna ji should be cleaned, and we are working on this goal.”
She also highlighted the government’s actions against negligence, particularly in preventing waterlogging, by assigning specific officers to problem zones across the city.
“…In the meeting held last month, we appointed responsible officers for every waterlogging point. This time, when there was waterlogging on Minto Bridge, the responsibility of the officer was fixed, and that officer was suspended for not fulfilling his responsibility,” she noted.
Reflecting on her first 100 days in office, Gupta shared her progress report from her own constituency of Shalimar Bagh.
“Today, it has been almost 100 days since I became the MLA of this assembly constituency (Shalimar Bagh). On the 30th, our government will complete 100 days. So today, I have a report card of 100 days in my hand.”