New Delhi, April 17 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has once again floated bids for the Rs.10-crore rejuvenation of Model Town's Naini Lake, a project that has remained stuck in the planning stage for over a decade.

The revamp of the waterbody was cleared under the Centre's Amrit Sarovar mission in 2022 and has seen multiple attempts to appoint an executing agency.

A senior MCD official said the project could not be initiated due to technical and administrative issues. "Failure to constitute the MCD's Standing Committee meant that projects exceeding Rs.5 crore could not receive administrative approval. We also faced issues such as single bids and administrative hurdles. Changes have now been incorporated in the tendering pro...