[ad_1]
Meanwhile, three reminders were also sent to Bhardwaj on March 15, March 28, and April 2. However, no response was received, the official added further.At present, the MCD Commissioner has been vested with financial power of Rs 5 crore only. All projects above Rs 5 crore are cleared by the Standing Committee. However, officials said that in the absence of the Standing Committee for the last-one-and-a-half years, various important projects related to health, sanitation and education are being held up resulting in deprivation of benefits of the scheme to school children and the public. The AAP having majority in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House, hit back alleging the L-G wanted all the powers of the civic body to be given to the commissioner who works under him so that he could exercise his will. “The BJP illegally appointed as aldermen by the L-G as a result of which the standing committee could not be formed. The L-G should answer why the MCD commissioner did not bring any proposal worth more than Rs 5 crore,” the AAP alleged in a statement.AAP govt repliesThe BJP had also planned to distribute, among the masses, a chargesheet (Arop Patra) released by Home Minister Amit Shah against the Congress state
[ad_2]
Source link
Saxena accuses Delhi govt of curbing financial powers of MCD chief
