From Silent Followers To Dishwashers: What Rekha Gupta’s New CM Bungalow Is Getting In ₹60 Lakh Facelift
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Gupta, who has been dwelling in her personal house since taking workplace in February, will quickly transfer into one of many two bungalows allotted to her on Raj Niwas Marg
Gupta, who has been dwelling in her personal house since taking workplace in February, will quickly transfer into one of many two bungalows allotted to her on Raj Niwas Marg. (Picture: News18/Nivedita Singh)
The Delhi Public Works Division (PWD) has floated a ₹60 lakh tender to improve Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s official residence with premium home equipment and fittings, together with 23 silent ceiling remote-controlled followers, 14 cut up air-conditioners, 5 4K Extremely HD Sensible TVs, and a 16-place setting dishwasher.
Gupta, who has been dwelling in her personal house since taking workplace in February, will quickly transfer into one of many two bungalows allotted to her on Raj Niwas Marg. The tender additionally contains the set up of 1 unit every of a microwave, oven, toaster grill, RO water air purifier, 10 kg absolutely computerized washer, water cooler, and a five-burner gasoline hob.
Gupta has been allotted two bungalows on Raj Niwas Marg. Whereas the present tender is for the primary bungalow, which she is going to use as her residence, one other tender shall be issued for renovating the second into her workplace.
The doc – titled Renovation and Upgradation of Bungalow No. 1, together with substitute {of electrical} wiring, fittings & fixtures, and execution of varied miscellaneous electrical works – states that the bids shall be opened at 3:30 PM on July 04, and the work have to be accomplished inside 60 days.
The tender issued final week lists the price of 14 cut up ACs at ₹7.7 lakh, with every priced at round ₹55,440. Six geysers are priced at ₹91,596, and one washer at ₹77,750. The ceiling followers, every priced at ₹8,000, will price ₹1.81 lakh in whole.
The CM’s residence will even be geared up with two 3 HP horizontal openwell submersible pumps, every costing ₹38,743. The home will characteristic three chandeliers costing ₹90,294 collectively. The Chief Minister’s new residence will even characteristic an Uninterruptible Energy Provide (UPS) system value ₹2.08 lakh.
The kitchen shall be fitted with a 90 cm wall-mounted electrical chimney that includes auto-clean curved glass, baffle filters, contact management, and a movement sensor, priced at ₹27,309. The five-burner auto-ignition gasoline prime will price ₹63,104. The 20-litre microwave is priced at ₹32,579, whereas the 71-litre OTG will price ₹85,828.
Different kitchen home equipment embrace a nine-litre storage capability RO unit (₹22,263), a dishwasher (₹60,809), one other RO system with a capability of fifty litres per hour (₹48,353), and a water cooler (₹54,536).
PWD will even procure 4 55-inch TVs, every priced at ₹68,129, and one 65-inch TV costing over ₹97,000.
The renovation is a part of the usual provision for a chief minister’s official residence, with the PWD overseeing execution as per authorities norms.
Arvind Kejriwal, the previous chief minister, was allotted 6, Flagstaff Highway—a residence that later got here below hearth for its reported ₹33 crore renovation, incomes it the moniker “Sheesh Mahal.” Gupta had earlier introduced that she wouldn’t occupy that bungalow, and as a substitute plans to transform it right into a museum—calling it a “image of corruption” below the earlier Aam Aadmi Social gathering authorities.
The Delhi BJP has refused to touch upon the tender. A press release from the town authorities can be awaited.
Nivedita Singh is a knowledge journalist and covers the Election Fee, Indian Railways and Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways. She has almost seven years of expertise within the information media. She tweets @nived…Learn Extra
Nivedita Singh is a knowledge journalist and covers the Election Fee, Indian Railways and Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways. She has almost seven years of expertise within the information media. She tweets @nived… Learn Extra
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