Terming his government as “sabse tez (fastest)” in the country for constructing schools and hospitals in record time, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that 1,000 more mohalla clinics will come up in the city within a year.

Speaking after inauguration of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College in Rohini, Mr Kejriwal noted that his government was successful in building a medical college in the “record time” of one year.

“There is a TV channel, don’t know which one that claims to be sabse tez (fastest). Don’t know if it is fastest or not, but the Delhi government is sabse tez as it constructed the medical college in one year,” he said in lighter vein.

The chief minister said the AAP government had set up 100 mohalla clinics, which is more than the number of dispensaries that came up in the last 60 years. “100 mohalla clinics have come up in past one year which is more than the number of dispensaries that were built in the last 60 years. A thousand more dispensaries (mohalla clinics) will be ready in Delhi in the next six months. I feel no such record exists in the whole world,” he said.

Mr Kejriwal also appreciated health minister Satyendar Jain’s announcement regarding conversion of private rooms in government hospitals into air-conditioned wards for providing medical facilities to rich and poor alike.

Expressing his government’s commitment to ensuring quality health and education facilities for the poorest, the chief minister said 200 schools have been constructed in one year. “Constructing 200 schools in one year, I think it should find a mention in the Guinness Book,” he said.

“Earlier there were delays due to corruption because everyone was indulging in setting (unscrupulous dealings). Officers and ministers did not work till they got their commission. Now this entire chain has been broken and no one is taking money which is why work is faster now,” he said.

Stating that Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Medical College was the only state-run medical college that came up in the city in the last six decades, Mr Kejriwal said that the next one should not take another 60 years. “A total of 1,000 seats are available in the government medical colleges in Delhi which need to be increased. The city should be developed as an education hub,” he said.