New Delhi: The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation stone on Sunday for sewer lines in 33 colonies of Sant Nagar, Burari. The Delhi CM attacked the opposition parties for making false promises to the people regarding the regularisation of the unauthorised colonies in Delhi. MLA of Burari constituency Sanjeev Jha was also present at the inaugural event.
The Delhi CM said that under the scheme of the Delhi Jal Board, 32 colonies of the Sant Nagar area and the Mukund Pur village will be given sewer pipelines. 200 MM-1,400 MM pipelines will be inserted in all these colonies of the Sant Nagar area. The sewage will be taken in the Burari pump house and then will be taken to the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). The fund spent on the project is around Rs 250 crores and the project will be completed in around three years and will benefit around 5.5 lakh people.
"Right after the formation of the government, I changed all the rules and regulations related to the unauthorized colonies. There were regulations that no development works can be carried out in unauthorized colonies, I changed all those regulations," said the CM.
Kejriwal said, " I remember, when our party was formed six to seven years back right after Anna Andolan, I used to visit the unauthorized colonies and people hardly knew me then. The residents of the colonies used to show me the poor conditions of the roads, and how they had no sewer connections and had to fetch water from water tankers. I remember a resident telling me how she is ashamed of living in such an area. The conditions of these colonies worsened during rains. I promised myself that if people allow me to form a government in Delhi, I will do everything to improve the conditions of the unauthorized colonies."
"We are a relatively new party, but if we could build roads in hundreds of colonies in the last five years, why could the previous parties and governments not do it in the last 70 years? There are talks by the Centre to regularize the unauthorized colonies, I want to ask, why could they not do it in the last five years when I was improving the conditions by building roads, sewer and water connections in these colonies? Why are you doing it two months before the elections?," asked the CM Arvind Kejriwal.