New Delhi: The Delhi government will take development to every house in the
national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said and asserted that
the budget tabled in the Assembly today aims at benefitting all sections
of the society, including the middle-class, the poor, women and
students.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government today presented a Rs 53,000 crore budget for financial year 2018-19.
Lauding
the budget proposals presented by his deputy Manish Sisodia, the chief
minister, while addressing a press conference after presentation of the
budget, put emphasis on improving environment, health, education, water,
sewer and road infrastructure in the city.
He said this is the
first "green budget", under which 26 specific actionable points have
been mentioned to reduce pollution levels in the national capital, and
the government has also fixed a time-line for every project the progress
of which will be reviewed by the chief secretary every week.
To a
specific question on execution of projects, Kejriwal took a dig at Lt
Governor Anil Baijal, saying, "There is a proverb, 'Man proposes God
disposes', but here 'Delhi government proposes, L-G disposes'."
Kejriwal said the government has allotted Rs 1,500 crore for development works in unauthorised colonies.
These colonies play a vital role in deciding the fate of political parties during elections.
"The
Delhi government will take development to every house in Delhi. We will
make roads to every house including in unauthorised colonies," Kejriwal
said.
The AAP government will conduct round-the-year study to
assess pollution levels in the national capital in coordination with
Washington University, the chief minister said, adding that display
boards will be installed in government buildings to make people aware
about pollution levels in the city.
In the budget proposals for
the upcoming financial year, the government also announced installation
of CCTV cameras in schools, providing self-defence training for girl
students, allocating Rs 100 crore for free Wi-Fi, which was a major
pre-poll promise by the AAP and installation of 1.2 lakh CCTV cameras in
the city by June next year.
PTI
