The committee, headed by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia, also approved five new bus depots for parking around 895 buses, an official said.
The Delhi government's Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has approved projects worth Rs 1,250 crore, including setting up of 94 polyclinics and raising bed capacity at seven hospitals.
The committee, headed by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia, also approved five new bus depots for parking around 895 buses, an official said.
He said that the bus depots would be constructed at Burari, Bawana Sector-5, East Vinod Nagar, Ghuman Hera and Mundela Village.
The government said that the EFC has also given its nod for the re-modelling of the Najafgarh Pond Drain. "The EFC has passed a proposal of setting up 94 new polyclinics at an estimated cost of Rs 170.30 crore. In total, 101 projects of the health sector have been approved," said a Delhi government official.
The bed capacity of the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital (Raghubir Nagar), Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital (Rohini), Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital (Pitampura), Sanjay Gandhi Hospital (Mangolpuri), Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital (Ashok Vihar), Rao Tularam Memorial Hospital (Jaffarpur) and Acharya Shree Bhikshu Hospital (Moti Nagar) has been increased significantly by the government.
The official said that the EFC had approved proposals to add 470 beds at the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, 400 beds at the Ambedkar Hospital and 477 at the Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital.
"Apart from this, a proposal of the irrigation and flood control department to construct the concrete wall of the Najafgarh Pond Drain has also been approved by the EFC," the official further added.
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