New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday approved citizen centric, infrastructure and employee welfare related proposals besides renaming of 'Aurobindo Marg' as 'Sri Aurobindo Marg.'

 These proposals were given the nod in a meeting here presided over by Chairperson - NDMC Amit Yadav in the presence of Vice-Chairperson - Satish Upadhyay, MLA and Member NDMC, Virender Singh Kadian, Council Members - Kuljeet Singh Chahal, Vishakha Shailani and  Girish Sachdeva.

Giving details, officials said to respect the sentiments of people, the need to recognize and honour great men and women of our times, roads/ streets/ institutions have been re-named in the past. Aurobindo Marg is a long road stretched from the end of Tughlak Road to the Qutub Minar, Mehrauli.

In NDMC, the Aurobindo Marg starts from the end of Tughlak Road and ends at Yusuf Sarai Market and rest of the part of the road i.e. from Yusuf Sarai to Qutub Minar, Mehrauli comes under the jurisdiction of PWD. The Council approved the renaming of Aurobindo Marg under the jurisdiction of NDMC as 'Sri Aurobindo Marg'.

In another decision, the Council approved amendment in the previous orders regarding requirement of documentary proof of ownership/occupancy for granting of Health License. This amendment passed only for the proof of ownership and all other document requirement remain the same as previous. The Council also approved the framing of Recruitment Rules for the post of Financial Advisor (1 No.), Chief Engineer (Electric) - Category 'A', Chemist (Civil) in NDMC.

 The Council resolved to revive the deemed abolished 01 vacant post of Principal and 01 vacant post of Vice principal in Atal Adarsh Vidyalayas of NDMC.

Moreover, on the basis of practice being followed in various Ministries/Departments and instructions issued by DoPT, NDMC had adopted a Merit Point Assessment on a 100 point-scale wherein different attributes of the applicants are given weightage to ensure complete transparency.