City Govt spent over Rs 1,500 cr for repairing roads in Capital: PWD

The Delhi Government has spent over Rs 1,500 crore for repairing roads in the national Capital in the last two years. The information was shared by the Public Works Department in response to a question in the Delhi Assembly earlier this week.

“An amount of Rs 873.79 crore was allotted for repairing of roads and sense carpeting in 2020-21 out of which Rs 539.99 crore was spent. Similarly, during 2021-22, an amount of Rs 1041.38 crore was allotted for the purpose out of which Rs 985.96 crore was spent,” the response read. Last month, the Delhi government had provided administrative approval and estimated sanctions for streetscaping of four more sample stretches of Aurobindo Marg, Lodhi Road, Nelsan Mandela Road and Jagatpuri to Karkardooma stretch. Under the streetscaping project,