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e-Healthcards to people

Delhi’s healthcare system to go world class, people will get eHealth Cards soon

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DTC Bus purchase issue

DTC AMC Deal

1. There are around 6,600 public buses in Delhi at present, including about 3,670 under the DTC. SC in the past observed Delhi requires at least 11,000 buses to cater its needs.

2. Delhi has special kind of low floor buses which are ordered after the directions of Supreme Court. Accordingly, it needs special kind of tenders.

3. In 2020, DTC floated two separate tenders, each for Purchase as well as AMC of 1000 AC low floor buses. As per terms, AMC (contract of INR 3124 cr. for 12 years) is to commence from day one after commissioning of Bus.

4. LG appointed committee to review these tenders in June.

Issues raised by Opposition

5. Why separate tenders have been issued for purchase and AMC

6. Why AMC is to start from day one when buses are under warranty for 3 yrs.

Mandate of Committee

7. Examine irregularities vitiating the tendering process;

8. Due process under the General Financial Rules (GFR) and the Procurement Manual 2017 followed.

Issues raised in Committee report (11 pg. report)

9. Gave clean chit on the purchase contract - “The tendering process of purchase of buses warrants no interference and suffers from no major infirmity”.

10. Also stated that merely floating separate tenders cannot be faulted.

11. Primary issue raised on AMC contract stating it encourages “cartelisation” and “monopoly pricing”.

12. Alleged “procedural lapses” stating policy allowed participation of only two players leading to “inflated” deal.

DTC’s Stand

13. On Composite contract: In the past, single composite tenders have failed to yield result, since very less bidders participate.

14. On AMC from day one: Manufacturer’s warranty does not cover maintenance costs, such as those of consumables like spark plugs, HT cables, filters, fan belts, lubricants, coolants, batteries, tyres, brake pads, brake drums, brake liners, etc., all of which are required for regular maintenance.

Others

15. MHA recommends CBI probe in DTC AMC deal (19.08.21).

16. AAP may go for fresh bids for AMC contract

Political Line of AAP

· It is a politically motivated conspiracy against the Aam Aadmi Party.

· BJP wants to prevent the people of Delhi from getting new buses. In the past as well the Centre Government has tried to harass the Delhi Government using the CBI, but not even once has their attempt been successful because there has never been any truth to any of their allegations.

· The Delhi Government does not believe in the politics of slander, it only believes in good governance and is committed to delivering upon its promise of good governance.

· Kejriwal sarkar desh ki sabse imandar sarkar hai

Since, only AMC contract has been faulted, hence, AAP may consider re-tendering.

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EDUCATION SECTOR

· 98% result in Delhi Govt. schools in 2020 – First time in history of Delhi.

· 53 students from govt. schools cleared IIT JEE and 569, NEET exams.

· 26% budget allocation to Education – Highest among all Indian States.

· Classrooms doubled from 24k to 45k with world-class infrastructure – Smart Classrooms.

· Teacher Improvement efforts:

o Heavy Investment on Teacher Training at global centres of eminence (Finland, Cambridge, Singapore);

o Teacher vacanciesreduced by 70%.

· SMCs strengthenedto improve parental involvement.

· Innovative Curricula (Happiness, Chunauti 2018, Entrepreneurship Mindset, Mission Buniyad etc.) imparting 21st century skills to students.

· Focused Remediation programs to improve numeracy & literacy and a 40% improvement in Spoken English proficiency at the lowest level.

· Vision 2030: 100 more Model schools planned. (existing 54 such schools).

· 2 Lakh Private School students joined Govt. schools in Delhi – Link

· Sports Infra improved –

o 41% increase in students participating in National Games, 1076 medals won;

o Sports University opened in Mundka;

o 4.4 Cr. Financial assistance to Players in Nov’20.

· Streamlined process of admission to Delhi Govt. schools.

· Innovative reforms in Delhi’s Anganwadis.

4 Delhi Govt. schools ranked in top 10 across India in 20-21

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Redesigning 540 kilometers long roads in Delhi

DDC organizes a high-level international workshop on street design in partnership with WRI India

City-makers and transport experts from Seoul, Singapore, New York, London and Bogota share their experiences with Delhi government

Delhi Government committed to focus on infrastructural reforms and road redesigning with an open mind: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Kejriwal Government committed to redesign and transform over 540 kilometers long roads in Delhi as per best global practices: PWD Minister Satyendar Jain

Our aim is to make roads safe, sustainable, pedestrian-friendly and accessible, especially to senior citizens and young children: PWD Minister Satyendar Jain

All the global cities cited political leadership as crucial to making street transformation happen. Under the leadership of CM Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi govt is determined to building world class streets in the national capital: VC DDC, Jasmine Shah

NEW DELHI:

The Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi (DDC) in partnership with WRI India organised a high level international workshop on today on the topic of ‘Transforming Delhi’s Streets’. The purpose of the virtual workshop was to understand international best practices in street design and development. The workshop was organised to learn from the journeys of top global cities in street transformation and apply those lessons to Delhi’s streets. Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia and Hon’ble PWD Minister Shri Satyendar Jain were present for the workshop as Chief Guests. VC DDC Shri Jasmine Shah, Dr. O P Agarwal, CEO of WRI India along with other top officials of WRI India and senior officials and engineers of PWD department also attended the workshop.

The workshop saw international participation of city-makers and transport experts from the cities of London, New York, Seoul, Singapore and Bogota among others sharing insights and experiences of street transformation in their cities. The workshop also saw participation from the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Mumbai. The session facilitated a direct interaction between all the experts and the Delhi Government during the workshop.

PWD Minister Shri Satyendar Jain in his opening remark reaffirmed the Delhi Government’s commitment to redesign over 540 kilometers long roads in Delhi as per best global practices with an aim to make them safe, sustainable, pedestrian-friendly and accessible, especially to senior citizens and young children. He emphasized on the importance of this global participation as a learning exercise and sought continued support from design experts across the world to collaborate with the Delhi Government for redesigning of roads.

Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia in his address said that the Delhi Government is currently identified with its social reforms in education and health sector, and it is committed to focus on infrastructural reforms and road redesigning with similar vigour. He further requested all the participants to keep an open mind to learn and deliberate upon the global experiences shared in the workshop. He also encouraged the participants to develop an understanding on the systems and processes that top global cities adopted in street transformation and their application to the streets of Delhi.

Vice Chairperson, Delhi Dialogue and Development Commission of Delhi, Shri Jasmine Shah said, “It was a privilege for DDC to organise such an international workshop that is happening for the first time in Delhi. It is illuminating to see the almost all global cities began their journeys in street transformation only 15-20 years back and have managed to do so in this short period. All of them cited political leadership as critical to making the transformation happen. Under the leadership of CM Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi government is determined to building world-class streets in the national capital.”

Social equity in the Philosophy of Transport Policy is important to develop human friendly streets: Expert from Seoul, Mr. GyengChul KIM, CEO DMROC

Mr GyengChul KIM from Seoul encapsulated the paradigm shift in Seoul from roads being a car-oriented space to becoming human spaces with their focus on human mobility. He shared that Seoul places public transport and pedestrian mobility as top priority areas in its transport policy and the law. From building flyovers and footbridges, which were inequitable and inaccessible to many, Seoul has incorporated more pedestrian squares, pedestrian crosswalks and lanes dedicated to buses. He said that political will and support from the leadership are significant to redesign and implement such a transformative program. He added that social equity in the Philosophy of Transport Policy is important to develop human friendly streets.

Redesigning streets is not about just creating infrastructure or using the technology. It is about connecting places, people and possibilities: Expert from Singapore, Mr. Ong Eu-Gene, Director at Land Transport Authority, Singapore

Mr. Ong Eu-Gene from Singapore shared the details of the Road Repurposing project in Singapore. Singapore decided to become a Car-Lite Nation i.e. a nation that rely less on cars on roads and more on public, shared and active transport. Mr. Oug Eu-Gene said that redesigning streets is not about just creating infrastructure or using the technology. It is about connecting places, people and possibilities. He shared their key infrastructural initiatives such as building more Integrated Transport Hubs, Active Mobility Networks, Community Spaces, Pedestrian Streets, Transit Priority Corridor and using railways as the backbone of public transport system. He emphasized on the importance of engaging with affected stakeholders prior to the implementation of any road design project.

In order to create an impact, to enhance road safety, a data driven process is followed: Expert from New York, Mr. Michael Replogle, Former Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation

Mr. Michael Replogle from New York emphasized on the need to integrate data driven processes in redesigning roads, recording progress and revising yearly priorities. He shared the observations from the Speed Camera Program adopted in New York where most vehicles that received one traffic violation, did not receive another within a calendar year. Strategic multi-cultural communication strategies were used to engage the citizens and engineer an environment to improve pedestrian mobility. The COVID-19 outbreak further transformed street environment with the emergence of open streets, open restaurants, outdoor learning streets and expansion of bike network.

London has developed a set of 5 city planning scenarios for the short and long-term future in the light of Covid-19 - Expert from London, Mr. Alex Williams, Director, City Planning

Mr. Alex Williams from London shared London’s vision of Streets for All. London has focused on increasing the use of bicycles and buses. The London City Planning has made the buses more reliable and consistent with 24-hour operations, which has reduced the traffic congestions due to private motor vehicles and made roads safer for cyclists and pedestrians. London has developed a set of 5 city planning scenarios for the short and long-term future in the light of Covid-19.

Planning for moving people, not moving cars. - Expert from Bogota, Mr. Dario Hidalgo, Sr. Transportation Consultant, Bogota, Columbia

Mr. Dario Hidalgo from Bogota illustrated the sustainable mobility “A-S-I” approach adopted in 1998 i.e. Avoid motorized travel, Shift to environment friendly modes of transport and Improve the energy efficiency of transport modes and vehicle technology. The expert suggested that since Bogota and Delhi have similar population density, their programmes could give an insight to the Delhi Government to develop its programme. Bogota focuses on the Low Income Population and promotes walking, cycling and public transport among these communities with a focus on improving their quality of life. Mr. Dario Hidalgo said that while one car lane moves only 2000 people in an hour, a bicycle lane moves over 6000 people. Planning for moving people, not moving cars.

Learning from Indian Cities - Bengaluru and Mumbai

During the conference, Jana Urban Space presented the TENDER SURE project being currently implemented to redesign 50km of roads in Bengaluru in collaboration with BBMP. Officials from Mumbai also participated in the programme and shared details of their experiences in setting up the Mumbai Street Lab to implement design interventions in road redevelopment

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Tracking of Pollution on Real-time basis

Delhi will now get accurate information about real-time sources of air pollution, technology agreement between Kejriwal government and IIT Kanpur

Delhi Cabinet approves MoU between IIT Kanpur and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)

Sources of air pollution will be tracked in real time and forecast will be issued for air pollution management in Delhi

This will go a long way in identifying and resolving various factors causing Delhi's pollution: Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI:

In the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, MoU has been approved between IIT Kanpur and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). There has been an agreement between the Kejriwal government and IIT Kanpur regarding technology. After which accurate information about the real-time source of air pollution will now be available in Delhi. The sources of air pollution will be tracked in real-time. A forecast will be issued for air pollution management in Delhi. CM Arvind Kejriwal said that this will go a long way in identifying and resolving various factors of Delhi's pollution.

A detailed proposal is put forward titled- “Real-Time Source Apportionment and Forecasting for Advance Air Pollution Management in Delhi” and has been submitted by Prof Mukesh Sharma, IIT-Kanpur. A team of IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), and IISER Mohali will execute the study in the national capital. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (On Behalf of Department of Environment GNCTD) has been authorized to act as the nodal agency for finalizing and implementing the terms of reference of the proposed study and finalize payment conditions and sign MoU with IIT-Kanpur led consortium with approval of the Cabinet.

The technology to carry out real-time source apportionment of pollution has not been implemented in any other city in the country. Weekly, monthly, and seasonal interpretation of air quality will take place, along with additional knowledge of PAHs, molecular markers, and secondary organic and inorganic aerosols. Also, PM10 source apportionment will be considered after the winter analysis of PM2.5 and source apportionment, which will have separate financial implications. State-of-the-art supersite capable of monitoring NOx, SO2, Ozone, BTX, elemental carbon, organic carbon, and other organic compounds will take place. Forecasting air quality and Air Quality Index (AQI) at multiple locations, within and outside Delhi will be controlled wherever feasible.

With today’s approval from the Cabinet, the scientists will start working on this innovative project in full swing. This will go a long way in identifying the various factors contributing to Delhi pollution and resolving them. Low cost unmanned spatial monitoring network for hotspots and critical areas will be carried out. The funds will be used under the planning scheme of “Pollution Control and Hazard Management” as “Matching Saving” by the Finance Department for releasing funds on-demand basis to DPCC. GNCTD will allocate fund amounts up to Rs. 12.727 crores for the above purpose.

The “Real-time Source apportionment” project will help identify the factors responsible for the spike in air pollution at any spot in Delhi. It will help understand the real-time impact of various pollution sources like vehicles, dust, biomass burning, stubble burning, and emissions from industries. Based on the results obtained, the Delhi government will be able to take the necessary actions to curb the sources of pollution. This is to ensure smooth implementation of the project, attainment of the objectives, and efficient monitoring of the project. This will go a long way in identifying the various factors contributing to Delhi's pollution and addressing those factors