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Rekha Gupta Showcases ₹250 Crore Shalimar Bagh Works After Launching ₹400 Crore Matiala Push

The push centers on quick, visible upgrades to core civic infrastructure through constituency budgets.

Overview

  • On February 8, the Delhi chief minister presented a Shalimar Bagh report card citing roughly ₹250 crore in works initiated or completed over the past year and launched new welfare projects in Pitampura.
  • A day earlier, she laid the foundation stone for development works worth about ₹400 crore in the Matiala Assembly constituency after formal budget approval.
  • Matiala works focus on RMC roads, RCC drains, strengthened drainage, parks and community spaces to ease waterlogging and improve connectivity.
  • Local service rollouts include new Arogya Mandirs, two Atal Canteens offering ₹5 meals and additional pipelines and tubewells to reinforce water supply.
  • Gupta credited closer coordination with the Centre and cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi as her inspiration, while flagging proposals such as a ₹5,000 crore elevated road along the Munak Canal as plans under consideration.