Water-logging: Cong slams BJP, AAP for the chaos

Congress today slammed the AAP government and BJP-ruled municipal corporations for the chaos caused due to water-logging in Delhi and claimed that such a situation has not been witnessed in the national capital in the past seven years.
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ajay Maken also accused the AAP government of not completing the work of desilting of drains.
"Only 30 per cent desilting of drains had been done till July 5. According to norms, the desilting exercise should have been completed by May 15.
"There has to be 100 per desilting of drains before the arrival of monsoon because even if 5 pc desilting work is left, the entire exercise would fail as the blocked drains would allow the rain water to flow back into the streets," Maken said at a press conference.

Hitting out at Public Works Department (PWD) of Delhi government, he said "It was very irresponsible on the part of PWD that out of a total of 317 drains in East Delhi, desilting of only 35 were done by July 5, while in North Delhi, desilting work was carried out on only 267 drains, out of 432".
He claimed that when Congress was in power in Delhi, desilting work used to be completed way ahead of monsoon season.

Maken also alleged that both BJP and AAP were playing the blame game to escape from the responsibility.
"Delhi being the national capital, gets more funds, should have been the role model for other cities, but Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers are touring Punjab, Goa and Gujarat to feather their political nests, ignoring the problems of Delhi.

"BJP and AAP clash and indulge in blame game on each and every issue for the past one-and-a-half years, ignoring the pressing problems of Delhi," he added.
Heavy rains lashed the national capital today, leading to excessive water-logging on major roads, severely affecting the traffic movement across the city.