Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated and launched several civic infrastructure projects in North Delhi, including two Shishu Vatikas, new and renovated public convenience complexes and a centre focused on reusing discarded clothes.
The projects were inaugurated in and around Shalimar Bagh and Pitampura on Saturday. According to the chief minister’s office, they are intended to improve play and recreation facilities for children, provide cleaner public amenities for local residents and strengthen services for communities in need.
The two newly constructed Shishu Vatikas are located at Nehru Camp in Haiderpur. The child-focused spaces include landscaping, plantation, grass, footpaths, swings, benches and improved lighting. Borewells have also been provided to support the watering of plants.
The civic works also include a newly constructed public convenience complex at Seva Basti in GP Block, Pitampura, and a renovated public convenience complex at Seva Basti in AO Block, Shalimar Bagh. The Pitampura facility has 40 toilets, comprising 19 for women and 21 for men. It also has six bathrooms for women and three for men.
The renovated Shalimar Bagh complex has 49 toilets, including 22 for women and 27 for men. It includes four bathrooms for women and three for men. The facilities form part of the projects presented by the Delhi government as an effort to improve basic public infrastructure in neighbourhoods.
Gupta also inaugurated the Arpan Centre at Kasturba Gandhi Polytechnic in Pitampura. The centre will focus on reusing old and discarded clothes, linking a local institutional facility with efforts to reduce textile waste and promote a circular economy.
“The Delhi govt is committed to strengthening basic infrastructure in every part of the capital and ensuring that the benefits of development reach the last person in society,” Gupta said, according to her office.
The projects bring together three different aspects of neighbourhood service delivery: children’s recreational space, sanitation facilities and material reuse. Their implementation also places attention on infrastructure in local settlements and areas where access to clean, functional public amenities is a direct part of everyday urban life.
The Delhi government’s next steps will involve maintaining the newly developed and renovated facilities, including the landscaped Shishu Vatikas, public convenience complexes and the Arpan Centre.
