Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday claimed the "neglect and apathy" of the Delhi government forced residents of the city's western parts to live a life "worse than hell".
In a post on X, the lieutenant governor, after an inspection of west Delhi, said in Hindi that the people of these areas had been expressing their pain and anger on social media for several years.
Saxena also said he wanted to draw the attention of the chief minister and requested them to pay attention to these problems."Due to government neglect and the associated administrative apathy, lakhs of people in west Delhi are forced to live a life worse than hell," Saxena said in Hindi.
"Vanished roads submerged in two-feet deep potholes and sewer water, overflowing drains filled with silt due to lack of cleaning for years, knee-deep stinking water mixed with sewer, rotting garbage, backflowing sewer lines, hundreds of helpless people expressing their emotions and anger amidst poisonous insects and mosquitoes," he added.
He said these conditions were seen during an inspection of Mundka, Nangloi, Ranikheda, Ranhola, Karala, Kanjhawala and Rohtak Road areas.The failure of transferred subjects such as the public works and the irrigation and flood control departments, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Jal Board and the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation is unforgivable, he said.
The Lieutenant Governor said the most affected sections of this mismanagement in the national capital were poor daily-wage labourers, street vendors, women, elderly and children.
At various places during the inspection, locals, children returning from school, and the elderly shared their helplessness. The roads in this area were mostly broken and there were no streetlights, he said.
Vehicles, including buses and two-wheelers, were facing severe difficulties even to travel some distance. As a result of years of neglect, the industrial areas of the vicinity have turned into dumping grounds for municipal waste and dangerous water-filled pits, Saxena alleged.
"These generally neglected areas and their people have been expressing their suffering and anger on social media for the past several years. Following repeated requests from residents of the area, civil organisations, MP and councillor, after inspection with officials of the departments concerned on Wednesday, they were asked to provide immediate relief," he said.
