NEW DELHI: Kamaljeet Sehrawat was elected mayor of the south corporation on Friday. Addressing the newly-constituted House, she said that sanitation and e-governance would be her focus areas. She assured that latest techniques would be adopted to make the capital garbage-free.

Sehrawat said that digitisation would help weed out corruption and malpractice in various departments. "We will ensure that the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are implemented and Delhi is made garbage-free. The south corporation has already installed compactors in its central zone and the same will be replicated across all wards. Also, our main focus will be on e-governance—majority of services will be available online so that people do not have to make rounds of the municipal offices," she said.

Sehrawat had won from Dwarka B ward by a record margin of over 9,000 votes. The 44-year-old former vice-president of Delhi BJP unit also emphasised the need for a "coordination" among the political parties for a "cleaner and greener" Delhi.
"Both ruling and opposition parties should work together to achieve our target. We have been elected by the people and we must fulfil our promises," added Sehrawat. "Sanitation would be a focus area and we are going to improve our garbage management system by bringing in more mechanised sweepers. Our plan is to take more eco-friendly measures by enhancing capacity of waste-to-energy plants.

Earlier, Preety Agarwal, who was elected mayor of the north corporation on Thursday, announced that sanitation would be her "top priority" too. The east corporation will elect its mayor on Monday.