AAP targets north corpn over delay in finishing Rani Jhansi flyover work

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MLA and chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday questioned the inordinate delay in completion of the Rani Jhansi flyover and said that the project cost of the flyover went up from Rs 175 crore to Rs 724 crore.
Bharadwaj said that in 2018, the standing committee had asked the North Delhi Municipal Corporation commissioner to submit a report on the project, which is yet to be filed. He also alleged that a private individual was paid Rs 27 crore for a piece of land acquired.
He said the figures have appeared in the corporation’s own audit report from 2018.“We’ve been told that the commissioner is under pressure to not submit any such report, because big names may come up,” Bharadwaj said.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor, however, said that the claims are a lie because in Delhi all land compensation claims related to government projects of corporations, Centre or Delhi government are heard, settled and paid by land acquisition collector (LAC) of Delhi government.
He said all claims of land acquisition compensation related to Rani Jhansi flyover project, too, were heard, settled and paid by LAC and Bhardwaj should ask the collector whether any private person was engaged in land compensation matter. TNN