Good move to end multi-plicity of authorities

The Centre has made good move to end the multi-plicity of authorities. It is a long-cherished demand of Delhi CM Sheila Dixit. By delegating its power to Delhi government to manage affairs of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Centre has left no scope of excuse for it about the worsening civic amenities in the national capital Delhi. Before this move of the Centre, Delhi govt. is like that gun which fails to serve its purpose without the cartridege. The civic amenities are so worse in the city that even normal rains turn it a hell and when the Chief Minister of Delhi is asked about the sorry state of affairs, she promptly replies and said that you had better ask the question to Muicipal authorities concerned. The move of the Ministry of Home to hand over some functionings, including civic amenity, of the MCD to Delhi govt has ended the multiplicity of authorities to facilitate it to act properly and promptly. Corporation functions like building by-laws, allocation of central funds and carrying out performance reviews to the city government. The move addresses in part a long-standing political and administrative demand raised by Delhi chief minister Shiela Dikshit who has pointed to lack of control on MCD’s spending, land use and police as reasons for civic and law and order woes. This order now gives Delhi govt. powers to plan and monitor civic projects under MCD.Now, the government of Delhi will be solely responsibly for the cleanliness of the city and its excuses would not be entained. The control of MCD was a big excuse of Sheila Dixit government for bad state of affairs about civic amenities. Though at present BJP is in majority in MCD and Congress is in Opposition, the it should not oppose the Centre's move to keep Sheila Dixit government in dock over the worsening condition of civic amenities in the city. Apart from all these things, the world’s biggest sports jamboree Commonwealth Games 2010 is being hosted by Delhi next year. Now CM Dixit has been put to regorous test to prepare the city for the occasion. And if she fails in improving the civic amenities in the city, she will be directly held responsible.