New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi‘s One Road, One Day scheme received the standing committee’s approval on Wednesday. Under the plan, one major road in each zone of MCD will undergo a complete makeover every day. The works will include road repair, cleaning and improvement of footpaths, repair of signage, restoration of streetlights, removal of illegal encroachments, pruning of trees and beautification efforts.Standing committee chairperson Satya Sharma said the implementation would begin on Sept 1, so that changes could be visible before the anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission on Oct 2. “This initiative will not only improve Delhi’s image but also bring relief for citizens. In the meeting, I asked councillors to prepare a list of roads they wanted to be taken up. The list can include PWD roads too,” said Sharma.The committee also heard the councillors’ complaints regarding the operation of meat shops selling it in cooked form near religious places, prompting Sharma to direct officials that no meat shop should operate within a 100-metre radius of schools and religious places. “Shops running illegally or without valid licences must be sealed with immediate effect,” Sharma said. Officials were also asked to ensure that the legal meat shops are either covered or closed on the routes of the kanwar yatra. Vasant Kunj councillor Jag Mohan Mehlawat questioned MCD about hundreds of e-vehicles lying unutilised in the basement of Civic Centre for years. “If these vehicles were assigned to officials, why aren’t they utilising them, considering crores of rupees were spent on their procurement,” he asked. Mehlawat also pointed out the use of plastic, including at Civic Centre, and the ineffective implementation of drives to ban single-use plastic.
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