AAP and BJP MLAs on Tuesday raised several issues in the Assembly ranging from compensation for farmers affected by unseasonal rain to rollback of the government decision to increase water tariff by 10 per cent.
Former Law Minister and AAP MLA Somnath Bharti demanded use of portable device to check electricity meters on the spot if there was any complaint of ‘faulty meters’. Former Union Minister Ajay Maken and former Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri were present in the guest gallery.
AAP MLAs Devendra Sehrawat from Biswasan and Naresh Balyan from Uttam Nagar said the government should compensate those farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to the recent unseasonal rains.
“Unseasonal rain damaged the crops in six villages of my constituency and wheat and mustard were affected due to rain. In some states, farmers, whose crops have been damaged, have been compensated. The Delhi government should also give compensation to farmers,” Sehrawat said in the House. Balyan reiterated the same demand, saying that government should do something in this regard.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said there is need to a foolproof plan to check faulty meters.
Bharti said that portable device should be used to check electricity meters on the spot if there is any complaint of ‘faulty meters’. He said at present, if there is any complaint of faulty meters, discom employees take metre to its lab to check it following which the government should ask discoms to use portable device to check meters on the spot.
AAP govt, Centre indifferent to Delhi farmers’ plight: Maken
Congress on Tuesday accused the AAP government and the BJP-led Centre of being indifferent to the plight of farmers, whose crops were hit in the recent rain and hailstorm. Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken, accompanied by senior party leaders PC Chacko, Sajjan Kumar, Yoganand Shastri, on Tuesday visited Bajitpur, Katewra and Kutubgarh villages at the Bawana area in outer Delhi here.
“Sonia Gandhi while returning from her Haryana visit via a chopper saw the extensive damage to crops and asked us to visit the farmers, interact and assess the damages,” Chacko said after the visit.
Former Law Minister and AAP MLA Somnath Bharti demanded use of portable device to check electricity meters on the spot if there was any complaint of ‘faulty meters’. Former Union Minister Ajay Maken and former Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri were present in the guest gallery.
AAP MLAs Devendra Sehrawat from Biswasan and Naresh Balyan from Uttam Nagar said the government should compensate those farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to the recent unseasonal rains.
“Unseasonal rain damaged the crops in six villages of my constituency and wheat and mustard were affected due to rain. In some states, farmers, whose crops have been damaged, have been compensated. The Delhi government should also give compensation to farmers,” Sehrawat said in the House. Balyan reiterated the same demand, saying that government should do something in this regard.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said there is need to a foolproof plan to check faulty meters.
Bharti said that portable device should be used to check electricity meters on the spot if there is any complaint of ‘faulty meters’. He said at present, if there is any complaint of faulty meters, discom employees take metre to its lab to check it following which the government should ask discoms to use portable device to check meters on the spot.
AAP govt, Centre indifferent to Delhi farmers’ plight: Maken
Congress on Tuesday accused the AAP government and the BJP-led Centre of being indifferent to the plight of farmers, whose crops were hit in the recent rain and hailstorm. Delhi Congress Chief Ajay Maken, accompanied by senior party leaders PC Chacko, Sajjan Kumar, Yoganand Shastri, on Tuesday visited Bajitpur, Katewra and Kutubgarh villages at the Bawana area in outer Delhi here.
“Sonia Gandhi while returning from her Haryana visit via a chopper saw the extensive damage to crops and asked us to visit the farmers, interact and assess the damages,” Chacko said after the visit.