AAP convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on the second consecutive day , took to city streets and inspected broken roads on Friday, and said that all his party MLAs and ministers will be soon out on ground to conduct an assessment regarding the issue. He alleged that BJP halted key projects across the city to disrupt it, and added that he will request Chief Minister Atishi to get all the PWD roads assessed in the next 3-4 days.
Later, AAP supremo raised the issue in the Delhi Assembly and handed over a letter urging her to start the repair work of Delhi roads on a war footing. After reading it out in the Assembly, he handed it over to Atishi.
He said that all the roads which are broken will be repaired on a war footing in the coming few months so that Delhiites do not face any problem. “I had gone to jail, so they had stopped a lot of work. But, I assure the public that now I am back. All the works that were stalled in Delhi, I will get them started again,” he asserted.
While inspecting the Roshanara Road in North Delhi along with the Chief Minister Atishi , Timarpur MLA Dilip Pandey and Model Town legislator Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, Kejriwal assured swift repair and comprehensive review of all the roads under the Public Works Department (PWD) of the state government. Sharing footage and a few snippets from his visit, the former CM stated on his ‘X’ handle that, “Today, I inspected another road in Delhi on Roshanara Road. Chief Minister Atishi was also with me. This road was also in a bad condition. The BJP people have conspired to stop the work in Delhi and have troubled the people.”
Kejriwal said, “We inspected Roshanara Road Extension. The Chandrawal pipeline is also laid in this road. People said that this road has been broken for 7-8 months due to the pipeline. On Thursday also I went to Delhi University with CM Atishi. The road there was also broken.”
“Just a few days ago, I met one of their big leaders. I asked him what did they get by arresting me, he smiled and said that ‘we derailed the Delhi government, brought Delhi to a standstill’. I was surprised to hear his answer. So, was their motive behind arresting me to bring Delhi to a standstill, was their motive to trouble the people of Delhi? How can any person or any party be happy if the public is troubled? It is obvious that their motive was to stop the work of Delhi and defame the Aam Aadmi Party government, so that these people win the Delhi elections. How can any party stoop so low for the sake of getting votes and winning elections that it makes the lives of two crore people miserable,” Kejriwal said in the letter.
“According to the locals, the road has been in a damaged condition for the past seven to eight months. On Thursday, I went to Delhi University along with CM Atishi where also the road was broken. I want to request Atishi to assess the condition of all PWD roads in Delhi.
On Thursday, Kejriwal along with Manish Sisodia, Atishi and Timarpur MLA Dilip Pandey inspected the road passing in front of the North Campus of Delhi University. They found traffic congestion on the road during the peak hours.
