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.