New Delhi: Hitting out at the AAP government on Monday, Union minister Harsh Vardhan alleged that there was no advance planning to rehabilitate people affected by the rising Yamuna waters in Delhi and that they were at the mercy of an insensitive dispensation.
Dr Vardhan, a Lok Sabha member from Chandni Chowk, also attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for failing to keep its election promise of installing CCTV cameras in the city a day after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tore apart a report of a panel set up by lieutenant-governor (L-G) Anil Baijal on installation and monitoring of surveillance cameras.
“People along the #Yamuna in Delhi are at the mercy of an insensitive government. As the river is rising above danger mark due to incessant rains, no advance planning in place, not enough shelter for people caught up in flood waters. @BJP4Delhi, @BJP4India (sic),” he said in a tweet.
Several people living along the banks of the river were evacuated after water level in the Yamuna breached the danger mark on Saturday.
Also commenting on Mr Kejriwal’s act of tearing the report in front of a gathering on Sunday, Dr Vardhan said that the AAP government has come up with just a plan to install 1.4 lakh CCTVs across the city to bamboozle the public after failing to keep its poll promise.
“Three years ago AAP had promised in its #ElectionManifesto to install 15 lakh #CCTV cameras in Delhi. After failing in its promise, now #ArvindKejriwal comes up with just a ‘plan’ to install 1.4 lakh CCTVs across the city to bamboozle the public. @BJP4Delhi, @BJP4 India,” the Union minister tweeted.
In an act of defiance, Mr Kejriwal said that no mandatory permission should be required from the police to install CCTV cameras. Thus saying, he tore apart the report. He was addressing representatives of resident welfare and market associations and NGOs at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.
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