‘Triple engine sarkar’ will boost Delhi Master Plan implementation: Minister

“The opportunity we have now is that, not just a double engine, but we have a triple engine government. If you see all the masterplans, right from 1962 to the 2021 one, there hasn’t been this kind of opportunity,” he said.

He said that over the years when the plans were implemented, different parties were in power in Delhi and the Centre. “I have no hesitation in admitting that when there are different governments, there tends to be a lack of coordination… The Centre, state and municipality all have the same mindset now,” he said, with Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta seated next to him.

In a report tabled in Parliament earlier this month, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India had flagged lack of implementation of some provisions of the Master Plan 2021. The CAG had recommended that “The Master Plan of Delhi may be monitored regularly as per the prescribed periodicity”.

Meanwhile, sources in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said that the regional plan for the National Capital Region, being prepared by the NCR Planning Board, was likely to have a horizon year of 2047, instead of the earlier planned target of 2041. So far, the master plans have followed a 20-year period anchored by the decadal Census, for example, 2001 and 2021. This time, the government has decided to plan till 2047, when India completes 100 years of Independence.