After Delhi High Court took cognizance of the death of two people during cleaning of a sewer in the city, the AAP on Monday targeted Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, saying the DDA which comes under him is responsible for the tragic incident.
The Delhi LG cannot 바카라enjoy power without accountability", AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said in a statement, reacting to the court바카라s order. There was no immediate reaction either from the LG Office or the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to the AAP바카라s charge.
A sweeper and a security guard died on September 9 in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer they had gone down to clean, police had said.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the incident, a high court bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad directed registering a public interest litigation and issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in the matter on the basis of a news report dated September 11.
The court also appointed senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao as the amicus curiae (friend of the court) to assist it.바카라I thank Delhi High Court바카라s Chief Justice Satish Sharma for taking suo motu cognisance of the case and asking how the incident happened when manual scavenging is banned in Delhi,바카라 Bharadwaj, who is also the DJB vice president, said.
바카라The DDA, which comes directly under the LG, is responsible for these two deaths...The LG can not enjoy power without accountability,바카라 he added.
Bharadwaj claimed it's clear that 바카라the department in question바카라 was evading the issue and not owning up to its 바카라grave crime바카라 as in this case, right from the sewer line and its sewerage to the pumping station, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had complete control over the operations.
The DJB vice president said he took cognizance of the incident and sought a report from his office soon after he read about it in the newspapers. 바카라We waited for the LG Office to step up and accept their responsibility but the dead silence that they maintained, besides the evasiveness of the BJP leaders, is shameful,바카라 he said, targeting Saxena.
The AAP leader also alleged that the LG Office went on 바카라extreme lengths바카라 to misguide the high court as well in the matter. 바카라The central government바카라s lawyer did not submit in the court that DDA is at fault, instead got the court to issue notices to the Delhi government, MCD and Delhi Jal Board,바카라 he said.
The Delhi government바카라s lawyers will 바카라certainly바카라 submit 바카라a complete report바카라 to the court but the Delhi LG must understand that power always comes with accountability, Bharadwaj said, adding 바카라LG can바카라t run away like this바카라.
바카라Why did not LG meet the victims' families, offer his regret or condolence? Why did not the LG chart out the corrective measures taken in DDA to avoid such an incident again?,바카라 he asked. 바카라This system can not work with a power-corrupted head without any accountability,바카라 he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
