implementation of the swaminathan commission recommendations will now have to wait until after the end of the electoral process new delhi the model code of conduct is going to halt several key projects of the aap government procurement of lowfloor buses free wifi scheme implementation of the swaminathan commission recommendations for farmers welfare regularisation of guest teachers etc will now have to wait until after the end of the electoral processbut there is also uncertainty in the delhi government if the revised auto fare structure can be notified in this period transport minister kailash gahlot said the proposal has been cleared by the delhi government and sent to the transport department for notification advt if we cannot notify it because of the model code we will write to election commission for its nod gahlot said as a former chief secretary explained the model code of conduct bars notification of policies and also cabinet decision unless they are of an emergency nature even in the latter case ecs nod is necessary the delhi government floated global tenders for engaging 375 electric buses just in time before the poll code came into effect but dtc will have to wait for 1000 cngrun low floor buses the dtc board recently approved the proposal to induct the buses divided into 500 airconditioned and 500 nonac buses to tide over the contentious issue of annual maintenance of buses which had earlier led to many manufacturers not bidding it was decided this time that the maintenance work would be outsourced as part of the separate tender with the model code of conduct coming into effect from sunday the entire process will now have to wait for at least two monthsafter the approval by the board the delhi cabinet must approve it too following which a consultant will have to be hired for the procurement process however with the model code coming into effect none of this can be done now and we will have to wait till the elections are over to start the process a senior dtc official saidthe governments scheme to construct stateoftheart bus queue sheltersfor the protection of bus commuters from the elements and to provide a place to sit for senior citizens and womenis also likely to be put on hold the government plans to construct 1397 bus queue shelters for which rs 50 crore was allocated in the annual budget tenders for the project however can now only be floated after the elections are over advt on march 6 the delhi cabinet had passed a policy that allowed the 22000 guest teachers to continue working in delhi government schools and retire on attaining 60 years of age the policy was sent to the lg for approval but with the poll code in place its unlikely that things will move the teachers have been protesting since march 1 after their contracts ended on february 28 with guest teachers constituting almost 40 of the workforce in delhi government schools they are already facing