1,000 mohalla clinics in six months: LG

NEW DELHI: More than 100 mohalla clinics have come up in Delhi and their number will increase to 1,000 in six months, LG Anil Baijal said on Monday.

Addressing the Delhi Assembly on the opening day of the Budget session, Baijal listed the achievements of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the last two years.

This was Baijal’s first address to the House after he assumed office in December.

Primarily focusing on the health and education sectors, Lieutenant Governor Baijal said his government started work on constructing 8,000 new classrooms and 20 new schools, out of which 14 schools had been completed.

He said over 100 mohalla clinics — where people have access to doctors, tests and medicines for free — were already working and their number would be increased to 1,000 in the next six months.

He added that 122 polyclinics — secondary healthcare centres — would also be completed in the next one year.

In the area of health, Baijal referred to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s praise for ‘mohalla clinics’ (neighbourhood clinics), and said 1,000 such facilities will come up in the next six months.

Around 122 polyclinics, also part of AAP’S threetier health care reforms, will be built in the next one year, he said.

“My government is working with complete commitment towards improving the health facilities available to the people of Delhi,” Baijal said.

Talking about Delhi Jal Board’s initiatives, Baijal said water connections had been provided in 1,175 unauthorized colonies.

He said the government was providing 20,000 litres of drinking water free of cost to every household.