New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Delhi Transport Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh on Wednesday hit out at former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain following his arrest by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in reference to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tendering course of, accusing the earlier AAP authorities of corruption.
He has been arrested in an ACB FIR registered on 11.05.2024 below Sections 7, 7A, 9, 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) learn with Sections 42, 409, 418, 120-B IPC.
Pankaj Singh stated, ‘Those who merely fooled the folks of Delhi for 11 years–making false guarantees about ingesting water, healthcare, and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC)–are now accusing us of corruption. Yet, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report states that they engaged in corruption in each single space.’
Meanwhile, talking at an occasion the place Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu flagged off new electrical buses and launched EV providers, Singh additionally highlighted measures taken to enhance ladies’s security in public transport.
‘We have launched devoted buses for ladies. We have recognized remoted areas and ensured safety there. Currently, 56 buses are operational, and we are going to enhance the quantity as wanted,’ he stated.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stated the Delhi authorities was working to broaden emission-free public transport and scale back air pollution.
‘The Delhi Government is repeatedly working in the direction of its promise of offering emission-free transportation. A big a part of our authorities bus fleet is now electrical, and we’re including extra EVs each month to make Delhi cleaner and greener,’ she stated.
Gupta stated new routes, together with women-only routes and the Delhi-Karnal inter-state route, would profit commuters.
‘Today, now we have additionally began new routes, together with women-only routes and buses, benefiting ladies and woman college students. The new Delhi-Karnal inter-state route can even profit day by day commuters. We are dedicated to offering higher services to Delhi and decreasing air pollution via increasing EV transportation,’ she added. (ANI)