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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s sojourn to Kalindi Kunj connected Thursday to reappraisal preparations for Chhath Puja reignited a governmental enactment betwixt the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) implicit the spraying of chemicals to curb froth connected the Yamuna river.
During her visit, Ms. Gupta deed retired astatine AAP, alleging that during its tenure, the stream was covered successful dense froth and devotees were forced to basal successful polluted waters to execute rituals. She said women devotees volition observe the festival successful a Yamuna escaped of froth this year. In a veiled swipe astatine AAP, the Chief Minister said immoderate radical are attempting to dispersed “misleading information” astir the existent information of the river, which, she said, “must beryllium avoided”.
Ms. Gupta emphasised that the de-foamers and different chemic agents being sprayed to suppress froth were “completely eco-friendly and certified”. The CM said the authorities adheres to strict transparency and information standards, and immoderate negligence successful the process volition not beryllium tolerated. Officials of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) said that, arsenic successful erstwhile years, the spraying of de-foaming agents had begun adjacent Kalindi Kunj to forestall froth enactment exacerbated by the autumn of h2o from the Okhla Barrage.
‘BJP stands exposed’
AAP leaders accused the BJP of “hypocrisy”, alleging that it had erstwhile criticised the aforesaid chemic process. The BJP has accused AAP of utilizing poisonous chemicals successful the past. “The BJP stands exposed arsenic it is present utilizing the precise chemicals it earlier called poisonous,” the enactment said successful a statement.
Addressing a property conference, AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj said that successful 2022, erstwhile the DJB utilized akin agents earlier Chhath Puja, Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh had publically opposed the move, calling the chemicals toxic. “The aforesaid section nether their authorities has present floated a tender and purchased the aforesaid chemic again,” Mr. Bharadwaj said.
He besides accused the BJP of “deliberately keeping the Yamuna polluted” successful the past.
“They dispersed fearfulness that the h2o was poisonous and devotees could autumn sick oregon die. The motive was to support Purvanchalis distant from their festival,” Mr. Bharadwaj said. AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha demanded an apology from Mr. Singh. “If the de-foamer is poison, wherefore is it being utilized now? And if it is not, helium indispensable apologise for misleading people,” Mr. Jha said.
