NEW DELHI: The Kejriwal Government is working towards making the roads of Delhi as beautiful as European roads and providing safer road experience to all the commuters. In this regard, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who holds the PWD portfolio reviewed the progress of streetscaping and beautification works of 16 roads, that is being done in pilot phase, with concerned senior PWD officials, assistant engineers and junior engineers on Tuesday. The Deputy CM is reviewing the streetscaping projects every week along with the concerned officials.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “Delhi government is working diligently on making city roads safer and beautiful. But along with this, the government’s priority is to ensure safety of residents during the road construction works and to ensure that they do not face any kind of inconvenience. Safety, security and other necessary standards should be ensured with commitment in the ongoing beautification work on all the roads under junior engineers and assistant engineers. Any laxity on the part of officials and contractors will not be tolerated and they will be subjected to stringent action if any complaints will be received.”
It is to be noted that standards related to safety, security and cleanliness have been set by PWD for all construction works. In the meeting held on Tuesday, it was directed by the PWD Minister that the contractors who do not follow those standards will now have to pay the fine and if there is any negligence on the part of the contractors even after that, then strict action will be taken against them.
What is the streetscaping project of the Kejriwal Government?
Streetscaping of city roads is an ambitious project of the Kejriwal government, under which PWD is working on 16 roads in pilot phase, to make them beautiful and safe as per European standards. After completion of the project on these roads streetscaping of 540km stretch will be taken up by the PWD. After the redesigning of these roads, greenery around them will increase, which will help in reducing the dust pollution in the area. Green belts will be developed on the vacant land along the road, so that the roads can get a beautiful look. This will provide a pleasant commuting and walking experience to residents of Delhi.
Facilities to be developed during streetscaping
-> Tiling of roads
-> Development of green area around the road
-> Open sitting area
-> Cycling tracks
-> Designer LED lights
-> Public utility centers
-> Fountains and sandstone artworks
On-site precautions to be ensured by the contractors
-> proper arrangement of lights on site of construction
-> barricading
-> regular spraying of water to avoid dust
-> designated place for construction equipments
-> signage for buffer zone
-> deployment of watchman or traffic marshal
-> construction equipments should remain covered
-> maintenance of road near construction site
-> cleanliness at the construction site
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