Corpns wasting funds received from Delhi, landfill work slow, claims AAP

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday alleged that the BJP-run municipal corporations were wasting funds received from Delhi government in the name of reducing the height of the three landfills. Despite spending most of the money, only 11% of the waste has been processed and its volume has actually increased over the past two years, Bharadwaj claimed.
“If the garbage is cleaned at this speed, even in 100 years, these mountains of garbage will not be removed.BJP is looting the money given by Delhi government in form of rent for trommel machines, which actually cost less than what they are being rented for,” he alleged. “According to a Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) report, damage of about Rs 500 crore is being caused to the environment from the three landfills,” said Bharadwaj.
The landfill sites are located at Okhla in south Delhi, Bhalaswa in the north and Ghazipur in the east. “Delhi government gives Rs 65 crore while the east corporation contributes Rs 40 crore to clean up Ghazipur landfill; the Delhi government gives Rs 35 crore to clean Bhalaswa while the north corporation contributes Rs 30 crore; Delhi government gives Rs 25 crore to clean Okhla while the south corporation contributes Rs 15 crore. Overall, Delhi government is paying much more than the municipal corporations to clear these landfills,” Bharadwaj said.
“These landfills were supposed to be reduced by 25% till now. Bhalswa had a deadline of April 2021, Okhla of October. A DPCC report states the work is going on slowly,” he alleged.
The AAP functionary claimed that the slow progress was due to corruption. “They are eating up the Delhi government’s funds,” he alleged.
No reaction was available from Delhi BJP against the allegations.