AIIMS Redevelopment Project: LG VK Saxena clears the files

Delhi LG VK Saxena has cleared the AIIMS redevelopment project, read here to know more.

The Delhi government has cleared the All India Institute of Medical Sciences redevelopment project and also the construction of five metro stretches in the city.

As per sources, these projects were pending for three years, as reported by Indian Express.

“The L-G has approved all eight proposals received on Wednesday, clearing a major roadblock in the redevelopment of AIIMS, various stretches of Delhi Metro Phase-IV, construction of MP Flats and a Water Treatment Plant at Chandrawal where clearances have already been approved,” said an official. 

“The Environment and Forest Minister kept sitting over these files for years, despite the fact that land for compensatory transplantation had been already allotted,” he added.

As per a report, LG cleared the files sent for his approval by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office. The move came after the LG wrote two letters reminding the government about “unjustified and inordinate” delays in clearing the proposals concerned with the development of the city.

Earlier, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had also approved the AIIMS redevelopment project to transform the premier medical college into a world-class institute.

DDA has approved the AIIMS redevelopment plan of 79.73 hectares comprising five land parcels possessed by AIIMS for the construction of a world-class medical university, and for revising the use of 1.69 hectares of land from recreational to public and semi-public for AIIMS. A total of 2,143 trees will be impacted for the project, of which 1,512, which are indigenous species will be transplanted while 631, which are exotic species, have been permitted to be felled.

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