Delhi Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena authorized the delegation of monetary powers exceeding Rs 5 crore to the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) commissioner with an intention to resolve the rising municipal stable waste disaster within the nationwide Capital Monday. Quickly after the choice, a number of key tasks associated to waste administration have been authorized Monday, the LG workplace mentioned.
The step has been undertaken in view of “dire circumstances, the L-G workplace mentioned. The transfer comes amid delays attributable to the “absence” of an MCD standing committee and what the workplace described because the “intransigence” of the ruling AAP’s City Improvement Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj. In accordance with an official assertion from the L-G workplace, the MCD had initially approached the Delhi authorities on July 10 searching for approval to delegate monetary powers beneath Part 202 of the Delhi Municipal Company Act, 1957. The workplace claimed that Bharadwaj had delayed the file with none clarification. The delay has severely impacted municipal providers, particularly waste administration, it alleged. “The UD Minister, Saurabh Bharadwaj, had inordinately and with none clarification stored the file pending at his degree, within the course of severely affecting municipal providers as a result of lack of monetary sanction, because the standing committee was not in place,” the assertion learn.
The AAP rejected L-G’s accusations and known as them deceptive. The file was obtained on September 6, and was authorized by Bharadwaj the identical day, it claimed.
Questioning as to why the file was delayed by a month, the AAP mentioned, “L-G ought to publicly disclose what motion he’ll take in opposition to these officers, who’ve delayed the processing of file regardless of the approval of the Minister (UD), Mr. Saurabh Bharadwaj. If the LG Saheb doesn’t take any motion in opposition to any of these officers, t will likely be apparent that it was solely on the instructions of the LG Saheb that this file was delayed in processing and now when Hon’ble Supreme Courtroom is about to listen to this matter, this file has been lastly authorized by the LG Saheb.”
Tagging Commissioner Ashwini Kumar as “LG sahabs favorite officer”, AAP additionally accused Saxena of being determined to grant him unchecked powers. “The elected authorities was prepared to extend the monetary powers of the Municipal Company past Rs.5 crores topic to the approval of the MCD Home. It’s past understanding why LG needed no verify and steadiness powers on the MCD Commissioner,” AAP mentioned.
The L-G’s workplace additionally claimed that it had recalled the file twice, invoking Rule 19(5) of the Transaction of Enterprise Guidelines, however it was by no means returned and stays “untraceable.”
The contracts authorized by the L-G embody 5 waste administration tasks equivalent to the gathering and transportation of municipal stable waste, amounting to Rs 1,138 crore; the establishing of a Rs 604-cr value waste-to-energy facility at Narela, Bawana; the bio-mining of legacy waste at Singhola at Rs 46.17 crore, Okhla at Rs 156.5 crore, Gazipur at Rs 223.5 crore, and Bhalswa at Rs 223.5 crore.
In accordance with the L-G’s workplace, the transfer was needed because the MCD has been dealing with important difficulties in fulfilling its duties, significantly managing municipal stable waste, as a result of absence of the standing committee, the structure of which has been lengthy pending following a political stand-off between the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP.
