Delhi minister Parvesh Verma claims Minto Bridge "did not get waterlogged", accuses AAP of selectively showcasing waterlogged areas
Addressing recent concerns about waterlogging in the city, Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma claimed that the Minto Bridge, often infamous for flooding during monsoons, remained unaffected in the recent rains due to timely government action.
ANI
Jun 21, 2025 08:45 IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Addressing recent concerns about waterlogging in the city, Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Verma claimed that the Minto Bridge, often infamous for flooding during monsoons, remained unaffected in the recent rains due to timely government action.
Taking a dig at AAP leader and former Delhi CM Atishi, Verma said that she showed a lot of photos after it rained, but none of them included the Minto Bridge.
"You must have seen that Minto Bridge did not get waterlogged when it rained recently... We have been working on our short-term goals, which could be fulfilled in a month's time, one of which was the Minto Bridge. Atishi showed a lot of photos after it rained, but that did not include a photo of the Minto Bridge..."
Verma accused the AAP of selectively showcasing images of waterlogged areas like Mundka, without disclosing the lack of basic drainage infrastructure in those places.
"We are constructing drains in areas with roads, but not a single drain. They (AAP) show the photos of waterlogging in places like Mundka but never reveal that they did not construct drains there in the last 10 years..."
Earlier, AAP Delhi State President Saurabh Bharadwaj launched an attack against Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta after MCD councillor Dr Amit Nagpal wrote to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, flagging waterlogging in the city.
Saurabh Bharadwaj and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in MCD House, Ankush Narang, hit out at the BJP and Delhi CM by sharing a letter on X written by a BJP MCD councillor from Ward 57, Amit Nagpal.
Pointing to the contradictions within the BJP, Saurabh Bharadwaj wrote on X, "The BJP councillor from CM Rekha Gupta's own Assembly constituency has exposed the failures of her government. Despite all the tall claims, Delhi witnessed widespread waterlogging, and the condition of her area--Shalimar Bagh--was in terrible shape. Now, even her councillor is saying that MCD is better than the Delhi Government's PWD department. The BJP government has proven to be a complete failure in just four months." (ANI)
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