India, April 26 -- Listing his priorities for the months ahead, newly elected Delhi mayor Raja Iqbal Singh on Friday said his immediate focus would be on improving sanitation, ensuring desilting to minimise waterlogging, and reviving policy and developmental work that has remained stalled for over two and a half years.

Singh also announced his intention to scrap the controversial "garbage user charges," introduced this financial year alongside property tax bills.

"These charges were imposed by AAP during their tenure in MCD, in consensus with officials. We will withdraw them soon," he said, vowing instead to bolster waste collection and enhance sanitation. "People have suffered enough. We will also work to restore greenery in parks that...