The newly elected Mayor of south Delhi, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, plans to focus on sanitation and enhancing transparency in administration through e-governance.
At the first meeting of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Friday, 44-year-old Ms. Sehrawat said that her aim would be to make the BJP-run house work hand-in-hand with the Opposition to make a greener and cleaner Delhi.
“Sanitation would be one of our focus areas. We will improve the garbage management system by bringing in more mechanised sweeping facilities. Also, the plan is to take more eco-friendly measures by enhancing capacity of waste-to-energy plants,” said Ms. Sehrawat, who is also vice-president of the BJP’s Delhi unit.
‘Greater transparency’
Ms. Sehrawat, who won the civic polls with a record margin of over 9,000 votes, was elected unopposed as the Mayor. Kailash Sankla was also chosen unopposed as Deputy Mayor. While Ms. Sehrawat represents Dwarka-B ward, Mr. Sankla won from Punjabi Bagh in the municipal polls held last month.
“Our emphasis is on Digital India and e-governance as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We have made several facilities available online. Now, our target is to improve such facilities and bring greater transparency in administration,” she said.
Ms. Sehrawat added that the SDMC website had been relaunched and would soon be connected to Facebook and Twitter.
Friday also saw members of the SDMC’s Standing Committee being elected. From the BJP, Bhupender Gupta, Shikha Roy, Nandani Sharma and Tulsi Joshi were elected, even as fellow party member Poorva withdrew her nomination.
Congress’s Andrews Ganj councillor Abhishek Dutt and AAP councillor from Hastsal ward, Ashok Kumar, were also elected to the panel.
Leader of Opposition Ramesh, who is AAP councillor from Matiala, said, “We do not want politics; we want to work with your party (BJP) for the good of Delhi. But, any step against the interest of the people would be opposed tooth and nail by the AAP.”
