Clean Yamuna, pollution control top priority

The first thing the city govt did after Mr Modi took over was that it sent officials to Gujarat to study the Sabarmati river

A series of projects, close to the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is getting implemented in the national capital. Among the projects which are being accorded top priority are cleaning of the Yamuna river, setting up of solar panels to generate electricity, installation of high- end CCTV cameras to monitor vehicular movement, setting up of toilets for women and making Pollution Under Control certificates mandatory to get diesel and petrol in the city. The Delhi police is also plan- ning to induct more women personnel in the next two years. The first thing the city government did after Mr Modi took over as PM was that it sent teams of senior officials to Gujarat to study the Sabarmati river, solar city and integration of CCTVs in Surat.

The government is now in the process of installing interceptors to prevent the flow of 70 per cent pollutants into the Yamuna by July 2015.

The administration also plans to remove unauthorised constructions along the Yamuna. A senior officer said that special trees would be planted along the Yamuna to beautify the river.

Under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Management Programme, Solar Photovoltaic ( SPV) plant of 335 KWp ( kilowatt peak) at eight locations and 100 KWp SPV plant at Vikas Bhawan- II have already been commissioned. A 130 KWp SPV plant at ISBT Kashmere Gate is under installation. The SPV plants of 10 KWp at Delhi secretariat and 25 KWp at four government hospitals and 10 KWp SPV plant at four government schools are expected to be taken up in the current year. The government also plans to develop the New Delhi Municipal Council area as the solar region of the national capital.

In order to bring down water and air pollution, the administration has made it mandatory for all the 70 lakh registered vehicles to obtain Pollution Under Control certificates. Any vehicle which does not possess the PUC certificate will not be provided petrol and diesel in the city from October 1. As the PM has shown his inkling in developing Delhi as a modern city, the local police has installed as many as 4,000 CCTV cameras to monitor vehicular movement in the city. The police also plans to equip its force with the latest weapons to meet any eventuality. Delhi lieutenant- governor Najeeb Jung recently said that the force would be inducting 30 per cent women in the next two years.

The city recently also got its first one- stop rape trauma centre.