Attacking the Delhi Government for “derailing” functioning of Corporation by not releasing its share in various plan heads, leader of Congress in North Corporation Mukesh Goel in his Budget speech on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government is intentionally holding the amount and due to its incorporative behavior, the Corporation is facing financial crunch.
Goel said that the civic body unable to dispense pensions, salary to employees on time and medical reimbursement bills.
Targeting officials of the corporation for failing to collect taxes, he said that property tax collection is Rs 860.67 crore till January 9 which is very less than that of the target of Rs 2710 crore set for 2018-19. “Approx Rs 1,000 crores property tax is due on various Government and semi-Government bodies such as Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Milk Scheme, Indian postal Services, Northern Railway, NDPL etc but no step has been taken to recover the amount.
Hitting out at the ruling BJP for failing to curb diphtheria disease, he said that the responsibility of the health department of the corporation is not limited to the prevention of diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya.
“It is a matter of shame for the corporation as 532 patients of diphtheria were admitted in Maharishi Balmiki Hospital in the year 2017-18, out of which 98 patients died and from 1st April, 2018 to 24 September, 325 patients of diphtheria were admitted and 46 of them died,” he added.