A day after Delhi was ranked 35th among the 49 cities in the Ease of Living Index 2020 which was assessed based on the education, health, housing, waste management, mobility, safety and security, and recreation, Delhi Congress criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Delhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled municipal corporations for “failing” terribly in all the parameters.
Leader of the Congress in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, Abhishek Dutt, who is also the vice-president of the DPCC, said that the survey has called the bluff of the Arvind Government, which has been boasting about its so-called “model” of health care, education, governance etc.
Dutt said that Delhi figures among the “worst five cities” in public transport and the BJP-ruled Municipal Corporations stand at the 95th place in citizen perception, out of 111 municipalities examined in sectoral performances, like services, finance, policy, technology and governance.
“Delhi government has terribly fallen in almost all the parameters like education, health, housing, waste management, planning, pollution, safety and security, as the assessment tool evaluated the quality of life and the impact of various initiatives for urban development,” he said.
Leader of the Congress in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mukesh Goel said that BJP’s misrule in the Corporations has been brought out tellingly in the survey as South, East and North MCDs have been ranked 28th, 42nd and 48th, respectively.