Delhi govt allocates additional funds for metro, roads, DJB ahead of Assembly polls

Delhi govt allocates additional funds for metro, roads, DJB ahead of Assembly polls

New Delhi, The Delhi Assembly on the last day of its winter session on Wednesday passed several supplementary demands for grants for the current financial year including the Delhi Metro Phase IV project, road repair, installation of CCTV cameras, among others.

Delhi govt allocates additional funds for metro, roads, DJB ahead of Assembly polls

The supplementary demands as per the revised budget estimates of 2024-25 were presented in the Assembly by the Chief Minister Atishi and were passed by the members with voice votes.

The Delhi government has made an additional allocation of more than ₹2,500 crore under capital heads in the revised estimates of 2024-25 for various civic and welfare schemes and programmes ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls due in February next year.

An additional amount of ₹1,648.72 crore is allocated in the revised estimates for 2024-25 for ongoing works of Delhi Metro's Phase-IV. Also, a provision of ₹951 crore was kept in the revised estimates for repayment of the Japan International Cooperation Agency loan, the documents showed.

The budget estimates for 2024-25 at ₹76,000 crore were enhanced to ₹77,700 crore in revised estimates for 2024-25.

For the Delhi-SNB corridor and Delhi-Panipat corridor of the Rapid Rail Transit System , an additional amount of ₹100 crore is kept in the revised estimates. Provision of ₹140 crore for electric vehicle policy, ₹2,985 crore for DTC salary and other expenses were part of revised estimates for the Transport department.

An additional fund of ₹124 crore is allocated for the construction of school building projects. Also, ₹50 crore was allocated in revised estimates for the construction of additional classrooms.

The revised estimates allocated a fund of ₹1,900 crore under the Scheme "Loans to DJB for Ways and Means Support" to meet the routine revenue expenditure of the agency.

The revised estimates allocated ₹400 crore under the MLA Local Area Development Fund to accommodate the increase in the limit per Assembly constituency per annum to ₹15 crore, the documents showed.

Further, an additional fund of ₹100 crore was allocated in the revised estimates for remodelling of existing hospitals and ₹45 crore for medical facilities to pensioners.

The revised estimates included an additional ₹75 crore for strengthening and resurfacing of PWD Roads, ₹64 crore against a budget estimate of ₹20 crore for anti-pollution measures and a revised outlay of power subsidy increased by ₹350 crore.

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