Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta, inspected drains, maintained by Flood & Irrigation Control Department and Public Works Department (PWD). These drains are located across Yamuna area.
Gupta was accompanied by five MLAs— OP Sharma, Kapil Mishra, Jagdish Pradhan, Anil Bajpai and Colonel Devendar Sehrawat. During the inspection, they found that 85 per cent of the big nallahs have not yet been desilted. "The desilting of these nallahs should have been completed by June 15, but these nallas have not been desilted so far and dirty stench water of these nallas is flowing on the roads, which is also increasing pollution," he said.
All the MLAs will also meet Bhure Lal, Chairman Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority tomorrow to present their inspection report.Gupta said that the inspection has exposed the hollow claims of Kejriwal Governmnet on desilting of large nallahs. "The Government has not taken action for cleaning of drains. The ground reality is that desilting of large number of drains has not even commenced. The Delhi Government has been so busy in campaigning during the last three months that they did not focus on desilting of these nallahs and held no serious meeting on this issue," he added.
Gupta also said that the rainy season is just 10-15 days away and more than 85 per cent of the big nallahs are yet to be desilted. He asked Kejriwal Govt how it will ensure cleaning of 1034 big drains in these 10-15 days. He said that silt of some nallahs which have been desilted, is stinking on the roads which can lead to spread of serious diseases.
He further warned people to be ready to face the flood like situation and traffic jams on roads during the upcoming rainy season due to negligence of Kejriwal governmnet. He said that people are complaining that desilting of some drains has been done only on paper for which crores are being paid whereas the reality is that the desilting of these nallahs has not even begun.