This story is from October 31, 2020

Corporations must return Rs 8.6k crore to Delhi govt: Saurabh Bharadwaj

Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said the municipal corporations must return Rs 8,600 crore they owe to Delhi government and get Rs 18,000 crore from the central government.
Corporations must return Rs 8.6k crore to Delhi govt: Saurabh Bharadwaj
Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said the municipal corporations must return Rs 8,600 crore they owe to Delhi government and get Rs 18,000 crore from the central government.
In a press conference, Bharadwaj said the municipal corporations had in the recent past quoted baseless figures they deserved to get from Delhi government. “It is well known that the central government provides grants to all the municipal corporations.
The amount is calculated based on the population and for every person residing in a city, Rs 488 per person is given as municipal development funds. Rs 2,87,636 has been given as municipal funds to all the municipal corporations of the country, except that of Delhi’s. Based on Delhi’s population, this amounts to a total of Rs 18,000 crore over the last 15 years that should have been granted by the Centre,” Bharadwaj claimed.
He also referred to a letter deputy CM Manish Sisodia wrote to the mayors of the three corporations on Thursday to say that Rs 6,008 crore loan was outstanding over the three corporations who also owed Rs 2,596.3 crore in arrears to Delhi Jal Board.
“I want to request BJP to handover the corporations to AAP,” said Bharadwaj adding that in the last 14 years, the corporations have ruined some of the popular markets of Delhi, including South Ex, Amar Colony and GK-II, by sealing shops and harassing their owners.
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