 "Delhi LG V K Saxena, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal")
Delhi Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: PTI)
Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena and the AAP authorities traded costs on Saturday over town’s civic points as he shared on social media photos highlighting cleanliness points within the slum clusters of Tehkhand and Okhla.
Posting photos captured throughout his Friday go to to Golkuan in Tehkhand and Sanjay Colony in Okhla, each slum areas in southeast Delhi, Saxena requested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to take cognisance of it.
In its response to Saxena’s posts and photos on X, the Kejriwal authorities alleged in a press release that three lakh slum-dwellers in Delhi have develop into homeless as a consequence of LG’s selections and instructions.
“Not a single Jhuggi has been removed at LG’s directions. In fact, on many occasions, the last being at Majnu ka Tila, demolitions were stopped due to LG’s intervention,” a Raj Niwas official mentioned.
The LG has made 4 visits to underdeveloped areas like unauthorised colonies and slum clusters within the metropolis in current days.
Previously, he visited Kirari, Burari, Sangam Vihar and shared comparable photos and issued instructions for motion by the involved departments.
In a sequence of posts on X on Saturday, Saxena expressed concern that 1000’s of individuals had been dwelling in these areas with heaps of rubbish, overflowing and smelly drains, going through the hazard of getting ailments.
He additionally alleged there was “inaction and insensitivity” of these accountable for taking corrective steps.
“Complaints of lack of public facilities are being regularly received from each part of Delhi. In this connection, visited Golkuan Tehkhand JJ Cluster and Sanjay Colony, Okhla yesterday and witnessed the ground reality. Nothing could be a bigger example of inaction and insensitivity than this,” he posted on X.
The LG pointed that in keeping with information studies, Rs 5,500 crores had been spent on growth of those settlements.
He directed companies involved — the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) amongst others — to instantly guarantee sanitation within the settlements and supply essential services there.
“It is requested to the Chief Minister to take cognizance of this serious issue,” he mentioned in one other put up tagging him with extra pictures of the areas he visited.
The AAP authorities charged that “Delhiites are aware that since LG Vinai Kumar Saxena took office, in the past approximately one and half years, he has demolished as many ‘jhuggis’ as never before in Delhi”.
It accused the LG for demolition of JJ cluster close to Sundari Nagari, and rendering individuals homeless in Tughalqabad.
It additionally alleged that an try was made to demolish Ghosiya colony close to Mehrauli nevertheless it was stayed by High Court after the intervention of the Kejriwal authorities.
“In the last few days, the LG has rendered numerous people homeless. Now, before the elections, he is playing drama and shedding crocodile tears because he knows that people living in unauthorised colonies and slums will vote against the BJP because of the demolitions,” the AAP authorities charged.
It additionally alleged that the LG ordered the demolition of a slum close to Majnu Ka Tila the place 800 Hindu refugees from Pakistan had been dwelling since 2011, nevertheless it was prevented after Chief Minister Kejriwal intervened.
“They are charging the LG of misleading the courts, a tactics that they have perfected and the LG Secretariat has even moved courts against the perjury committed by them,” the official mentioned.
The Raj Niwas officers challenged the AAP authorities to take authorized recourse in the event that they thought that the LG was “misleading” the courts, questioning what was stopping it.
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First Published: Mar 10 2024 | 7:23 AM IST
