New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Bharatiya Janta Party chief Shehzad Poonawalla on Monday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying he did not fulfil his promise of constructing Yamuna clear.
Poonawalla accused Kejriwal of spending hundreds of crores given by the Centre on commercials or “doing corruption” as an alternative of cleansing Yamuna.
Notably, Poonawalla’s comment got here after visuals of Yamuna Ghat at Kalindi Kunj surfaced on social media exhibiting devotees standing in knee-deep water, performing rituals on Chhath, all whereas the poisonous foam coated the floor of the Yamuna River.
It is pertinent to notice that Delhi is already going through points associated to extreme air pollution and now poisonous water circumstances have escalated concern among the many folks.
Further coming down closely on the AAP-led Delhi authorities, Poonawala mentioned, first they turned town right into a fuel chamber and now the water has additionally turn out to be poisonous.
“This is the Kejriwal Model… First, they made Delhi a gas chamber… Now we have to suffer from toxic water too. When devotees entered the water to offer ‘Arghya’ to God Sun on Chhath Pooja, there was poisonous and foamy water everywhere,” mentioned Poonawalla.
“Kejriwal made big claims about cleaning Yamuna (river). Thousands of crores were given by the central government, but they were used either in advertisements or corruption… The promises of removing toxic foams and ghats that would be made were not fulfilled… This is the Kejriwal Model,” he added.
Earlier, AAP minister Atishi inspected the Burari Ghat and made an assurance that the froth within the Yamuna can be cleared quickly. However, she additionally blamed Uttar Pradesh for releasing polluted water into rivers passing by Delhi.
“To remove that toxic foam, a sprinkling of food-grade chemicals and enzymes is being done there. The sprinkling team started the sprinkling work on 10 boats last night. In the next two days, the toxic foam will completely vanish…But I would like to urge the Uttar Pradesh government to not send its polluted water to Delhi,” she mentioned whereas chatting with ANI.
AAP MLA and Vice-chairman of Delhi Jal Board, Somnath Bharti, after inspecting the Chhath Ghat in Kalindi Kunj, mentioned that the froth within the water was not poisonous and warranted that from subsequent 12 months, the froth wouldn’t be seen.
Like yearly, this 12 months too a number of footage of ladies devotees surfaced on social media, exhibiting them providing night and morning ‘Araghya’ within the midst of the thick layer of froth rising in Yamuna.
If specialists are to believed, the white froth seen on the Yamuna floor is generally a combination of sewage and industrial waste and incorporates excessive ranges of ammonia and phosphates, which may trigger respiratory and pores and skin issues. (ANI)