The Delhi government, however, is yet to give its approval for the project.
The housing and urban affairs minister had recently said that the AAP-led city government was sitting on the project, which is pending for the last three years.
We are finding a solution. The solution is where we are not getting support from the Delhi government over the metro projects, we have decided that we we will do it ourself. Rail corridors, we will do on our ownIf they (Delhi government) are not willing to approve a project or provide funding, we are finding out the solution for it, he told reporters here.
Meanwhile, an official at the chief ministers office said that the Delhi government had given in-principle approval to the phase IV metro project, but the files were pending with bureaucrats at the Delhi finance department.
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Highlighting his ministrys achievement in the last six years, the Union minister said the contentious issues related to the Rohini residential scheme, launched in 1981 by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), has been resolved and the process for allotting the pending plots will be completed by the month-end.
The former IFS officer said in the last six months, 13 states/UTs have become open defecation free, thus bringing the total open defecation free (ODF) states count to 14.
He added that 1,310 cities have been declared ODF during the same period, taking the total tally of ODF cities to 2,322.
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