Devender Yadav blames AAP and BJP for hanging overhead wires

Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav on Sunday said that hanging overhead wires, including those of electricity, cable and internet wires, have been posing danger to the lives and buildings of people across the Capital for the past many years due to the carelessness and inaction of successive Delhi Governments of Aam Aadmi Party and now the BJP.

Electricity, cable, and internet lines hanging precariously have posed a grave risk to people and buildings for years due to official negligence. He pointed to a recent inferno in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, where heatwave sparks from overhead wires triggered a transformer blaze, gutting 14 flats in a Ramesh Park building.

Yadav said that residents in many colonies in Delhi, have been complaining that hanging wires have been posing threats to the lives of motorists, pedestrians, residents in flats and even housing societies as most of the wires discarded by internet providers, cable operators and even the power distribution companies, including live wires, hang precariously over the skyline which create sparks during heatwaves, causing avoidable accidents which could be averted only if the Government agencies took steps to remove them.

He said that it was sheer luck that no lives were lost in the Ramesh Park power transformer inferno, as the residents managed to rush out, but their flats got gutted, causing losses to the tune of several crores. He demanded appropriate financial compensation for those whose flats were gutted, causing losses to the tune of crores of rupees.

Yadav said that it was strange that the Delhi Government “tightened” the Heat Wave Action Plan to Boost Effectiveness only when the Capital experienced unbearable heat wave conditions.

He said that the power demand is rising to over 9,000 MW this season, a figure significantly higher than last year’s maximum demand of 8,442 MW. The Government should ensure that there are no power outages during this scorching summer.