In the run up to the upcoming Assembly elections, the Delhi BJP on Friday unveiled its agenda, which includes taking up a slew of welfare measures for Delhiites, especially for the 2.2 mn residents of Jhuggi-Jhopri clusters.
Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel raised the issue of power tariff hike once again and emphasised on ways they would take up to improve lives of the slum-dwellers.
While releasing ‘Agenda for JJ Clusters’, Goel said, “Once we come to power, we will provide house to every JJ household, through PPP model. A single point connection of electricity will be provided to the residents. Their ration cards will be made, which never happened in the past 15 years.” BJP general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan also released the agenda with members like Subhash Sachdeva, Karan Singh Tanwar, Pinky Anand and Madhav Prasad.
He further said that regular supply of water and proper sewage system will be ensured in the Capital if they come to power. “Special police booths will be provided in view of the law and order issues, especially to check the large number of children going missing and Basti Vikas Kendras will be restarted,” Goel added. Pradhan said, “The Public Distribution System (PDS), meant to provide cheap ration for JJ clusters, has collapsed. For more than 17 lakh ration cards in the city, there are less than 2,500 Fair Price shops.
The Dilli Annashree Yojna, started with much fanfare in December 2012, has failed to cater to even 8,000 families while the Government is blatantly lying by claiming of having more than one lakh beneficiaries on paper. The Annapurna Yojna for the destitute has only 72 beneficiaries so far.”