New Delhi, February 23 The MCD's Standing Committee on Monday approved several proposals aimed at the public interest and directed officials to ensure the swift implementation of budget announcements for the 2026–27 fiscal year.
Chairperson Satya Sharma said the meeting reviewed issues affecting daily life, including sanitation management, stray animals, park maintenance, public toilet conditions, pollution control, and the use of community centers. Councillors' suggestions were discussed in detail, and officials were instructed to take time-bound, results-oriented actions, according to an official statement.
Sharma said that schemes aimed at making Delhi cleaner, improving grievance redressal, and expanding civic amenities must begin immediately.
"Projects that do not require tenders, such as the 'One Road–One Day' sanitation drive, annual licensing for weekly markets, Material Recovery Centers, Triveni plantation, herbal parks, school health check-ups, and yoga training, were ordered to be prioritized," Sharma said. She further added that departments were also instructed to prepare plans for tender-based works.
Regarding stray cattle, Sharma said the civic body would engage with the Delhi government to secure land for gaushalas (cow shelters) and work towards a permanent solution. She also sought a detailed, zone-wise report on municipal schools, including the number of operational, closed, and merged institutions, the statement read.
The committee also proposed and passed a unified policy allowing Resident Welfare Associations to adopt and maintain parks and green areas under a public-private partnership. The committee has set aside a financial assistance of ₹13,500 per acre per month across all 12 MCD zones.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilors held a press conference alleging that there are 668 MCD schools in Delhi that are in dilapidated conditions, where teachers and students are forced to live in fear.
"Everyone lives in a constant state of fear that a 'chajja' (overhang) may collapse over their heads or that a toilet door may fall while they are using it. MCD schools run from class 1 to 5, and the children are very young. They do not understand what is happening, but teachers and principals are forced to endure this horrifying situation," AAP councillor Praveen Kumar said in a press conference.