Uncertainty looms over major govt projects following Manish Sisodia's arrest

With the arrest of Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam case uncertainty looms over several critical Delhi government projects including streetscaping and traffic decongestion plans ahead of the G20 summitSisodia who held 18 of the 33 Delhi government departments was the administrative face of the AAPled dispensation and was also handling crucial departments like education health PWD among othersDepartments like health and home were handed over to him following his cabinet colleague Satyendar Jains arrest in an alleged money laundering case in May last yearA special CBI court on Monday remanded Sisodia to fiveday custody of the central probe agency till March 4The CBI on Sunday evening arrested Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122Under the streetscaping project 16 stretches are being revamped and is aimed at decongesting redesigning and beautifying 540 km of roads across the national capitalNearly 1300 kilometres roads fall under the Public Works Department of the Delhi government The beautification of roads includes welldesigned pedestrianfriendly footpaths development of green stretches through plantations creation of open air sitting areas cycle tracks selfie points public facilities like water ATMs toilets and street furnitureSisodia was keenly involved in checking progress of the work under the project by holding regular meetings with officials and carrying out inspections His arrest will definitely hinder the progress said party functionariesAlso read Delhi excise scam case CBI produces Delhi Dy CM Manish Sisodia before courtIt was estimated that more than Rs 1000 crore will be spent by the Delhi government on events related to the G20 SummitThe deputy chief minister had been holding various meetings to review projects related to the G20 Summit and to expedite other ambitious works of the government including making roads akin to European standards These projects will of course be hindered said an AAP functionaryAsked whether the party has thought of anyone to replace Sisodia the functionary said it is too early to think about it Sisodia will continue to be part of the cabinet like Jain His portfolio will be distributed among the existing ministers like Kailash Gahlot Imran Hussain and Gopal RaiThere is a possibility that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal might assume charge of some key portfolios But meetings will be held among the partys top brass to decide the future course of action he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever