As the Bhalswa landfill continued to burn for the third continuous day, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and in-charge of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Durgesh Pathak visited the site on Thursday.
Pathak alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are busy extorting money from Delhiites even in this situation.
“Toxic smoke from fire is making it difficult to breathe and children are feeling suffocated. The AAP will file an FIR against the BJP, we will go to the court if needed,” said Pathak. He also alleged that all money allocated for disposal of garbage from this landfill, has been stolen by BJP leaders and councilors of saffron party-ruled MCD.
“There is an entire residential colony in close proximity of this landfill, including a school, but no measures are being taken to tackle problem and entire area is now engulfed in smoke as a result of blazing fire which has been burning for past three days now. But not a single BJP leader or councilor has visited area,” he said.