As it was expected, the newly elected Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP was determined to fulfill the much awaited demand of free water supply and they have done this within one week of their taking charge of government. Yes AAP government has announced 20 kilo liters of free water per month for households in capital who have water connections.
The New Year gift for the people of Delhi will be start from 1 January 2014.
According to sources, the decision was taken after a meeting held at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence which was attended by members of the Delhi Jal Board. Needless to say, Kejriwal was unable to visit to office due to minor illness.
It is noted that the promise of 700 litres of free water per day to every Delhi household was made in the AAP manifesto for the Delhi assembly polls. It has created much hue and cry over the politicians that it was difficult to fulfill the promise.
However Chief Minister Kejriwal has sidelined all the speculations by fulfilling the promise.
Robinhood of Delhi ?
ReplyDeleteAll of last evening , experts were debating on TV channels ,
" Is Kejriwal robbing Peter ( rich ) to pay Paul ( poor ) ? "
They were discussing the losses that Delhi treasury will suffer ( approx Rs 25-35 Crores per month ) due to ,
> 20 KL 0f free water
> 50 % subsidy on power ( up to 400 units / month )
But AAP leaders are saying ,
" If Peter is rich and Paul is poor , then there is nothing wrong with robbing Peter to pay Paul "
What they are leaving unsaid is ,
" It is better to be a Robinhood than to be a Robbing Hoodlum !
Robbing Hoodlums of Congress governments have been robbing the poor for the past 66 years and making the rich richer, and poor poorer !
Dear Experts ,
Will you please explain ,
> Who got Rs 50,00000 Crores worth of Scam money in last 15 years ?
> Who have deposited Rs 300,000 Crores worth of black money in Swiss banks ?
> Which Industrialists / Businessmen have failed to return to the Nationalized Banks , Rs 200,000 Crores of loans - without any efforts at recovering the same ?
> Which private money-lenders are making 20,000 farmers commit suicide every year , for failing to repay their small loans ?
> Who are all travelling Air India on subsidized air-fares , which has bled the Government of Rs 100,000 Crores in past 15 years ?
> To which businessmen have State and Central governments gave away - almost free - Rs 500,000 Crores worth of farming land to set up SEZ ?
> How many sick ( ICU ? ) Public Sector Units have the poor people of India kept " alive " , by subsidizing them to the tune of Rs 100,000 ,000 Crores over the past 60 years ?
Who got this money ?
And if you dispute our figures , will you tell us the correct figures ? "
But since these " self-appointed economic experts " have no honest answers to these questions , they are telling AAP government ,
" You are not supposed to fulfill your poll promises by increasing the EXISTING levels of subsidy on water and power
If you have only a few hours to survive , within that period , why don't you ,
> Lay 150 Km of water pipe lines ?
> Install 20 lakh new water meters / replace 10 lakh defective ones ?
> Ditto for Electric meters
> Get CAG to finish its audit of 3 Discoms ?
> Get DERC to announce new tariff , revised downwards by 50 % ?
> Float tenders , finalize and appoint 6 Discoms ( to replace existing 3 ) ?
> Study 200 files of CWG Scam tenders and file cases against corrupt government officers / contractors / politicians , who minted money ?
Why can't you do these things by tomorrow evening ?
Don't you know , extending existing subsidy % , is bad economics , even if it is good politics ?
In any case , by precedence of past 60 years , bad economics has been solely our prerogative
How dare you copy us , then claim originality ? "
AAP may choose not to answer
But by May / June 2014 , 760 million voters will
And depressed / tortured / raped / murdered / looted people around the World , will applaud an alternative to violent Arab Spring !
Mahatma will rise from the Rajghat !
* hemen parekh ( 02 Jan 2014 / Mumbai )