Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday alleged that there was no advance planning to rehabilitate people hit by rising Yamuna water in Delhi as people are at the “mercy of an insensitive” dispensation.

Also, he attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for failing to keep its election promise to install CCTV cameras in the city, a day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tore apart a report of a panel set up by the lt Governor (l-G) Anil Baijal on installation and monitoring of surveillance cameras.   

“People along the Yamuna in Delhi are at the mercy of an insensitive Government. As the river is rising above danger mark due to incessantrains, no advance planning in place, not enough shelter for people caught up in flood waters. @BJP4Delhi, @BJP4India,” he tweeted.

Several people living along the banks of the river were evacuated after water level in the Yamuna breached the danger mark on Saturday. The water level in the Yamuna may rise to 206 metres with the danger mark being 204.83 metres, officials said.

On Kejriwal tearing the report in front of a gathering  on Sunday, Vardhan said the AAP Government has come up with just a “plan” to install 1.4 lakh CCTVs across the city to “bamboozle” the public after failing to keep its poll promise.“Three years ago the AAP had promised in its #ElectionManifesto to install 15 lakh #CCTV cameras in Delhi. After failing in its promise, now #ArvindKejriwal comes up with just a 'plan' to install 1.4 lakh CCTVs across the city to bamboozle the public. @BJP4Delhi, @BJP4India,” the Union environment minister tweeted.

In an act of defiance, Kejriwal had said “no mandatory permission” should be required from police to install CCTV cameras and tore apart the report. He was addressing a representatives of resident welfare and market associations, and NGOs at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here.

The Chief Minister had claimed that crime in Delhi would be “reduced by half” once surveillance cameras were set up across the city. The l-G office in a statement issued on Sunday  had said the rules were only at a “draft stage” and had been put out in public domain for suggestions and clarifications.