Emphasising the need of Centre-State coordination to smoothen the effective delivery of Government services and schemes to the people, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there should be competition as well as coordination between the Governments.
Speaking at his sixth town hall meeting at the Delhi Technological University Campus on Sunday, he said that if we are providing free electricity to the people of Delhi, the Central Government as well as other State Governments should competitively implement such a path-breaking scheme in the entire country and if Haryana or Maharashtra Government implements a scheme to immensely benefit the people, the same should be adopted and implemented in Delhi as per the requirement.
"To reduce pollution in Delhi, Centre and State Governments should collaborate. I wish to acknowledge that the union Government constructed the East-West peripheral way that removed the entry of 30-40 thousand trucks per day in Delhi and significantly reduced pollution in Delhi," he added.
While presenting the achievements of his government in the last five years, he reiterated that Delhi's Healthcare schemes are better than Centre's Ayushman Bharat Scheme. "We amazingly transformed the public healthcare system in Delhi. Earlier people had to spend their entire savings and sell their properties to save their lives in case of any kind of serious illness," he said, adding that the healthcare infrastructure in Delhi's Government hospitals has been significantly improved.
"People can avail of treatment, surgery and various tests free of cost. Delhi Government gives support up to Rs 15 Lakh to get treatment for severe illness at private hospitals in Delhi", he added.
Outlining the achievements of his Governmnet in last five years, he said "our Government launched a new scheme 'Farishte Dilli Ke' to help the accident victims in Delhi. "The Delhi Government invites the people of Delhi to be a Farishte in the lives of the accident victims. Nearly 1000 lives have been saved due to this scheme", he added.
Delhi is the only city in India that provides 24X7 power supply and free or highly subsidized electricity to every household, he said. "When we formed our Government in 2015, only 58 per cent of Delhi had water pipelines installed, and now around 93 per cent of Delhi has water pipelines installed. Within a year, the remaining seven per cent of households will have piped water connections. We aim to provide 24 hours clean water to every household in Delhi", he said.
Kejriwal further said that the annual budget of the Delhi government has doubled from Rs 30,000 Cr in 2015 to Rs 60,000 Cr in 2019. It is because of the increased trust of the taxpayers as they realised that this honest Government will utilize the tax money for developing infrastructure facilities for its people as we did in the education and health sectors.
The Chief Minister also answered many questions asked by public in the event.