Mayor Message
Sh. Jai Prakash MAYOR
Profile of Shri Jai Parkash, Hon\u2019ble Mayor, North Delhi Mr. Jai Prakash got unanimously elected as the Mayor of North Delhi and is serving the Corporation since June 24, 2020. Born on 20.5.1970 in New Delhi, Mr Jai Parkash started as a common man and has risen to this coveted post through his sheer dint of hard work and focus to serve the country. He has been active in politics since his student days in Delhi University from where he did his Graduation. He served as the secretary of the students\u2019 political wing of his college. He has actively participated in various programmes of Bharatiya Janata Party and held various portfolios in the Delhi unit including the post of Vice-President of BJP Delhi Unit. He has served as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Mr Jai Parkash took over as Mayor when the pandemic COVID-19 was at its peak. He took up the challenge and led the North DMC from the front and left no stone unturned to effectively handle the situation by directing all departments to optimally use their resources to fight COVID-19. Mr. Jai Parkash is an ardent follower of Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has been an active participant in all his programmes. To make Prime Minister Modi\u2019s pet project Swachh Bharat Abhiyan successful in Delhi, Mr Jai Prakash has taken it upon himself to see to it that each and every corner of North DMC is neat and clean. For this he has ensured that the passion of sanitation is inculcated among the people of Delhi. Mr. Jai Parkash\u2019s main goal is to ensure the 4S\u2014Swachhta, Shiksha, Swasthya and Seva\u2014in the areas of North Delhi. For this he has been running various awareness campaigns among the sanitation workers and Residents Welfare Associations to fight not just COVID-19 but diseases like Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya. The idea behind such campaigns is to make the people aware of the need of cleanliness and healthy life. During his brief tenure, Mr. Jai Parkash has been successful in developing synergy between different agencies to fight corona pandemic and effectively converging resources for this purpose. He has also taken up the challenge of scarcity of funds at the disposal of the Corporation to fight the pandemic as well as to meet the other financial requirement. He is an active leader who attaches priority to generate more revenue for the North Delhi Municipal Corporation with a view to deliver services and implement various schemes. A leader par excellence, Mr. Jai Parkash considers himself as a social worker more than a politician and is ever ready to fight for the cause of the poor and downtrodden. It will be his endeavour to make North DMC as the best Corporation of the country.
Shri Sanjay Goel, IAS