Govt works under constant interference: Sheila

The Delhi government has been raising the pitch for cutting down on the duplication of authority. She also took a dig at the Urban Development Ministry,claiming that it concentrates only on Delhi.

Replying to another question later in the day,Dikshit said in the Assembly that the government is working out a scheme through which the civic authorities like the DDA,the PWD,the DJB and others will not require permission from other agencies before starting any project. This will speed up development work. “Several projects are delayed because one part of the government is constantly seeking permission from the other,” she said.

On Friday,Congress legislator Veer Singh Dhingan moved a private member’s bill to divide the Municipal Corporation of Delhi into smaller bodies and to bring it under the Delhi government.

In reply to the bill,Finance Minister A K Walia said,“The MCD is largely responsible for the unplanned growth in the Capital. It has also curtailed Delhi’s development. We’re working to ensure that this division of power ends and the civic body is brought under the Delhi government.”