NDMC to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all its schools
NEWDELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday proposed to install free sanitary napkin vending machines in all secondary and senior secondary Navyug or NDMC schools, develop five institutions on Lodhi Road as schools of excellence and set up language labs and digital libraries this financial year.
The council announced it’s budget for the financial year 2018-19 with a focus on education and smart governance.
“The total receipts of the budget estimates (BE) 2018-19 are ₹3935.91 crore against ₹3677.24 crore provided in revised estimate (RE) 2017-18. The actual receipts in 2016-17 were ₹3465.20 crore,” NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said, while presenting the budget on Monday.
The proposals include introduction of a student exchange programme with the states in the northeast and introduction of management automation systems in NDMC and Navyug schools.
Development of five NDMC schools on Lodhi Road into schools of excellence, conducting quality assessment of Navyug schools and setting up of teachers resource centre have also been proposed to be taken up in education sector.
“To improve hygiene among school girls, sanitary napkin vending machines will be installed in the year 2018-19 in all secondary and senior secondary Navyug or NDMC schools in col- laboration with HLL Lifecare Limited to dispense free sanitary napkins to girl students,” Kumar said.
A 100-bed girls hostel will be constructed and attached with Navyug Girls International School for the daughters of martyrs of the paramilitary forces. The council will bear the cost of education, boarding and all other facilities for such students.
The budget proposed by the chairman also focuses on e-governance. Kumar said the council will link all the services with the mobile app ‘NDMC 311’.
“The focus of our budget is to ensure good governance using technology and improving efficiency. The idea is to rely more on digital systems and cut down use of paper. We have already introduced e-health care, smart parking, grievance system and so on, through our mobile app and, further, we will add more features in the app,” said Kumar.
“Once the file tracking system comes into effect, people will be able to track the status of their file while sitting at home,” he said.
The smart city project continued to get a major portion of the civic body’s budget for the third consecutive year.under the Smart City project, the NDMC proposed to set up solar trees, smart roads and smart parking systems, smart bus queue shelters and smart public toilet units.
The council also announced measures to improve its rank in the Swacchta standings.
Last year, the NDMC area had been placed seventh in the country and first in North India. Mosquito Button Stray Dog Alert Button
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Development of musical fountain at Connaught Place Redevelopment of Green Area at Yashwant Place corner with fountains and reviving of existing fountain at Panchsheel roundabout Integration of 311 App with Air Quality Index of CPCB
Making NDMC area 100% Renewal Energy Powered Smart City Modular Rainwater Harvesting Green cover of all kuchcha areas Census of trees on avenue roads
Developing more vertical gardens and green belt near AIIMS
STPS in schools High speed broadband service through fibre to the home
Broadband over power lines as pilot project in NDMC area 80 Electric Vehicles Mobile classrooms for construction workers’ children
Development of Lodhi Road campus into schools of excellence Introduction of language Lab in Navyug School, Sarojini Nagar