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Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday said the Yamuna riverfront at Millennium Depot here will be developed on the lines of the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad within a span of four to five years. "There are plans to develop a riverfront in Delhi. But it will take time, say another four to five years. We have identified a site near Millennium Depot which will be developed as per norms," Saxena said. Talking about the project, he said the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will draw up plans and maps for the riverfront development. The plan is at an initial stage at the moment. "The length of the stretch will be finalised once the plans are drawn. The DDA, being the land owning agency, will take up the project," he added. An official, requesting anonymity, said that they have started drawing a concept plan and landscape plan on the riverfront project. "It will be a massive project and is currently at a nascent stage. We have got the Millennium Depot land and have start
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor on Sunday said over 30,000 vacant government jobs have been filled in the last three years, while over six lakh youths have been given technical and financial support to become entrepreneurs. He said the central government is spending one lakh crore rupees to build highways and tunnels in the Union Territory and over Rs 5,000 crore has been made available for doubling agriculture's contribution to the GDP in the next five years. Sinha was addressing the Youth Festival' at the BSF headquarters here and also felicitated the beneficiaries of Mission Youth's schemes, athletes and new recruits of Agniveer and Jammu Kashmir Police. He also launched a Rozgaar Mela' and on the spot placement drive. Congratulating the winners of the athletics meet and new recruits, the Lt Governor reiterated the commitment of the UT administration towards the aspirations of the younger population. We are empowering our youth for tomorrow. Ongoing training and skill ...
Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday inaugurated 13 multipurpose vehicles equipped with anti-fog sprinklers and anti-clogging facilities to clean the city's streets. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has procured 28 such vehicles from the Ministry of Environment, 13 of them were flagged off Monday and the rest will come by February 15. Each vehicle costs Rs 48 lakh. An official said that the vehicles have a 5,000-litre water tanker each fitted with a sprinkler system, jetting arrangements, and an anti-smog gun. Speaking at the flagging-off ceremony, Saxena said: "By these vehicles, I am sure we will be able to fight the pollution war more effectively." "The best part of this vehicle is that it has jets for water sprinklers. It also has anti-clogging facility and it can also clean the spits of paan on the footpath. I am very hopeful that this will be a milestone in our war towards pollution," he added.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena suffers from a "feudal mindset" and does not want good education for poor children in the city. Addressing the Delhi Assembly on the issue of the LG's alleged interference in his government's work, Kejriwal said, "Not even my teachers checked my homework as the LG scrutinises my files." "The LG is not my headmaster. People have elected me as chief minister," he said. Kejriwal further claimed the LG told him during a meeting that the BJP won 104 seats in the MCD polls because of him and that the saffron party would win all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in the next general elections. The chief minister alleged that the LG "suffered from a feudal mindset and doesn't want that the poor children in Delhi get good education". "Who is LG, where has he come from? He is sitting on our heads. Will he decide where we should send our children to study? Our country is lagging because of such people
The Delhi assembly was adjourned for the day, amid protest by MLAs of the ruling AAP against Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's alleged interference in the working of the city government. The assembly saw repeated adjournments on the first day of its three-day session and hardly 10 minutes of proceedings could be held. The House was first adjourned for 10 minutes following a war of words between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and BJP members over alleged interference of Saxena in the working of the city government. AAP legislator Saurabh Bhardwaj had initiated a discussion on calling attention motion on the issue of "Illegal and unwanted obstructions and interferences in the education of children and training of teachers". After the House reconvened, AAP MLAs again started raising slogans against the lieutenant governor over his "objections" to sending Delhi government teachers for a training programme to Finland, following which the speaker again adjourned the House for half an ...