North Delhi Municipal Corporation's (NMC) Mayor Avtar Singh has written a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to release funds due to the corporation. Congratulating Kejriwal on being re-elected as Chief Minister of Delhi, he said that many departments of North DMC are facing financial problems due to non release of grant funds from Delhi Government.
"NMC is currently going through the phase of financial crisis due to which some departments are facing extreme shortage of funds due to which they are unable to perform their duties," he said.
Mayor said that the North Corporation is also an autonomous body of Delhi which works in larger public interest and for carrying out works, timely release of grant by the Delhi Government is required.
"The Delhi Government should stand above party politics and build cooperation among union, state and local bodies for public interest," he added.
Meanwhile, welcoming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's comment about cooperating with the Centre for the city's development, senior BJP leader Vijay Goel urged him on Thursday to immediately release funds due to the municipal corporations and implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
The BJP will cooperate with the AAP government for the holistic development of Delhi, he said at a press conference. "I hope he will implement good things he talked about in his swearing in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan," the BJP Rajya Sabha MP said.
By believing that Kejriwal would be impartial, Goel said, he would like to urge the chief minister to pay the dues to the municipal corporations "running into thousands of crores of rupees". He also expected the chief minister to meet the Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi at regular intervals to discuss development of the city.
All the seven Lok Sabha MPs in Delhi are from the BJP. Also the three municipal corporations in the national capital are ruled by the saffron party.
"If he (Kejriwal) wants to cooperate with the Centre, he should immediately implement Ayushman Bharat scheme and PM Awas Yojna. Also, he should try to solve the problem of dirty water supply by taking help of the Centre and the municipal corporations," Goel said.
The former Union minister also requested Kejriwal to hold 'Janta Darbar' to meet people and solve their problems.