New Delhi: Senior Delhi BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri today accused Lt Governor Najeeb Jung of “failing” to resolve the problem and said his removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days.
The national capital has been facing water and power crisis since a devastating storm severely damaged the power transmission network on May 30. The outages have affected operations at a number of water treatment plants, resulting in scarcity of water in several areas. Meanwhile all parties are playing a blame game with each other on the issue of power cut in Delhi.
Bidhuri is MP from the South Delhi constituency and General Secretary of Delhi BJP, said the water and power crises have made life miserable for people in the sweltering heat and Jung must take all possible action to address the problem.
Bidhuri said, “His removal should be considered if the situation does not improve in the next few days.”
He said, “We want concrete results as we had promised to the people that we will resolve their problems. The power and water crises must be resolved at the earliest. Otherwise, stern action should be considered.”
He also rejected the criticism of Congress that the NDA government was responsible for the situation and accused the party of trying to gain political mileage from the issue.
He asked, “The criticism is totally unfounded. Congress was in power in Delhi for last 15 years. Manmohan Singhji was Prime Minister till May 15. Congress had appointed the Lt Governor. How can you blame NDA government which has come to power only a month back?”
Holding the Congress responsible for the situation, Bidhuri said the Sheila Dikshit-led government did nothing to improve the power transmission network and water distribution system in the city.
He said, “Some areas in South Delhi do not get water even in winters, let alone summers. Most of the unauthorised colonies do not have basic facilities. The Congress government did nothing to address these issues.”
The current average demand for potable water in Delhi is around 1,100-mgd (million gallons per day) and the Delhi Jal Board supplies around 800-mgd water across the city after treating raw water at its plants.
The demand is projected to touch around 1,400-mgd by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan in 2017.
Delhi relies heavily on neighbouring states such as Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for its supply of raw water.
He said, “The water distribution system needs an overhaul. Large parts of Delhi have been reeling under severe water shortage. We will have to address this serious issue.”
Bureau Report
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