Uncertainty looms over several critical Delhi Government projects, including street-scaping and traffic decongestion plans, ahead of the G20 summit after the arrest of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam case. Sisodia, who held 18 of the 33 Delhi government departments, was the administrative face of the AP-led dispensation, and was also handling crucial departments like education, health, PWD, among others. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has yet to announce Sisodia’s replacement in the cabinet.
Departments like health and home were handed over to him following his cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain's arrest in an alleged money laundering case in May last year.
A special CBI court on Monday remanded Sisodia to five-day custody of the central probe agency till March 4. The CBI on Sunday evening arrested Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped liquor policy for 2021-22
In the health sector, the Delhi government approved 25 major projects at the cost of Rs 4,452.72 crore which includes the construction of various new hospitals and Intensive Care Units.
These projects will increase the number of hospital beds up to 20,000 in the National Capital. These hospitals and ICUs with state-of-the-art facilities will make quality healthcare services more accessible to people of Delhi. Most of these projects have either been completed or are currently ongoing.
