Delhi News: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s government is moving fast in the direction of making East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market a garment hub. There is a plan to make this market more beautiful than Chandni Chowk. On Wednesday, CM Arvind Kejriwal held a high-level meeting and reviewed the initiatives being taken for the redevelopment of Gandhi Nagar Market. In the review meeting, CM Arvind Kejriwal directed the Industries Department to speed up the redevelopment work of Gandhi Nagar Market. He said that development work and beautification will be done in Gandhi Nagar Wholesale Garment Market on the lines of Chandni Chowk. For this, the Industries Department has been instructed to hire a consultant as soon as possible and prepare its design within the next six months. The CM has said that the electric wires in Gandhi Nagar market should be made underground. Market roads should be made bigger and wider. Minor roads should be improved. To remove the encroachment from Gandhi Nagar market, talked to the businessmen and asked them to take necessary steps.
Actually, the Delhi government under the leadership of CM Arvind Kejriwal is working with commitment to fulfill its announcements in the employment budget. The aim of the employment budget is to create 20 lakh new job opportunities in Delhi in the next five years. Various projects have been started by the government in this direction. Developing Gandhi Nagar as a Grand Garment Hub is one of the ambitious projects of the AAP government. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Gandhi Nagar is famous all over the world as readymade cloth market and gives Delhi a unique identity. The redevelopment project of Gandhi Nagar is one of the most ambitious projects for us which will prove to be a milestone towards boosting Delhi’s economy and generating thousands of jobs. He said that redevelopment will not only give it a new identity but will also increase the business of traders and people will also get a new shopping experience here.
Preparation to make MCD an executive agency
Delhi Industries Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj told that most of the issues of Gandhi Nagar Market are related to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. That’s why the Industries Department will appoint MCD as an executive agency and MCD will work to implement the project. In addition, the design and project management of Gandhi Nagar Market will be done by Professor Manoj Mathur and his team from School of Planning and Architecture, a renowned architectural institute.
Emphasis on the development of these facilities
Due to Gandhi Nagar market being a wholesale market, a warehouse will be built here. Along with this, other facilities including public facilities, maps, street furniture will also be provided. The drainage system of the market will be fixed. So that there is no water logging during rains. Along with this, facility of drinking water, CCTV camera and toilet will be provided. Gandhi Nagar Market should be redeveloped in three phases and about Rs 150 crore will be spent on it.
Market will be modernized in two phases
Phase I: Under the first phase of redevelopment of Gandhi Nagar Market, steps have been taken to solve the existing problems of the local traders. Under this, arrangements will be made for public facilities, drinking water and other facilities. CCTV cameras and security monitoring system will be installed. Street lights and street furniture will be redesigned. Visual information systems will be installed.
Second Phase: In the second phase of redevelopment of Gandhi Nagar market, the government will focus on urban designing and architecture of the market. Along with this, national-international marketing of the market, digitization, setting up fire fighting facilities and upgrading existing facilities will be included.
Asia’s largest garment market
Please inform that Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar is the largest readymade garment market in Asia. Due to lack of space, there is a lot of lack of infrastructure, due to which now business is also affected. Keeping this in mind, the Delhi government wants to give a new look to the market. So that a great infrastructure can be created by making the best use of space in less space, which will attract customers and prove to be helpful in increasing business. In the process of development of facilities in the market, it will also be kept in mind that during the entire redevelopment work, the business of traders is least affected.
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