Delhi colleges flooded: Schooling Minister blames AAP authorities for years of waterlogging

NEW DELHI: Delhi Schooling Minister Ashish Sood on Thursday blamed the earlier Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) authorities for waterlogging in six authorities colleges in Nithari, alleging that greater than 14,000 college students have been affected on account of this since 2020. Responding to a social media publish by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on the situation of Delhi, Sood alleged that the previous authorities failed to deal with the problem regardless of repeated complaints. “These colleges have been going through waterlogging for the previous 5 years. At any time when it rains, courses are disrupted and college students should be despatched residence. This has been taking place since 2020, through the tenure of the earlier authorities,” Sood mentioned.In response to him, an inspection revealed that the world earlier had a pond, which allowed rainwater to empty naturally. He alleged the pond was concretised through the earlier authorities’s tenure, resulting in recurring flooding within the faculty premises. Sood additional claimed the work was carried out beneath stress from the “land mafia” and mentioned the federal government is probing whether or not it was funded via MLA funds. He mentioned the Public Works Division has been requested to conduct a right away investigation and mandatory restore work is being undertaken to stop accidents. Sood additionally introduced that the Delhi authorities will perform asset mapping of all colleges, together with primary amenities, to establish and handle shortcomings. “The claims of an ‘schooling revolution’ and improvement made by the earlier authorities are being uncovered,” he mentioned. Sharing a video of a tree fallen on a person, Kejriwal mentioned in his publish on X, “In only a few months, what a multitude the BJP people have product of Delhi.” A report from the Directorate of Schooling talked about, “For the previous a number of years, since 2020, all six authorities colleges situated within the Nithari Village in Delhi, have been going through persistent issues of water logging through the wet season. The problem has develop into extra extreme this 12 months on account of a number of compounding components.” It additional acknowledged that the bottom degree of the varsity buildings is decrease than the encircling street degree, leading to simple accumulation of rainwater inside and across the faculty premises.There isn’t any everlasting or efficient drainage resolution to discharge the gathered water, it added.