New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 1,675 flats for ‘Jhuggi – Jhopri’ (JJ) clusters and two city redevelopment initiatives within the nationwide capital at the moment. The inauguration additionally noticed the Prime Minister taking a swipe at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and the official residence of the Chief Minister of Delhi.
“The nation is aware of it nicely that Modi by no means constructed a house for himself however has constructed greater than 4 crore homes for the poor; ‘mai bhi koi sheeshmahal bana sakta tha’ (even I may have constructed a Sheeshmahal),” PM Modi mentioned on the occasion, alluding to current allegations of exorbitant expenditures on the Delhi Chief Minister’s residence.
This assertion referred to an October stock launched by the Public Works Department (PWD), detailing high-end home equipment and devices reportedly value over crores put in on the Delhi Chief Minister’s bungalow. The controversy has develop into a political flashpoint between the BJP and the AAP.
“In the final 10 years, Delhi is surrounded by an ‘aapada’ (catastrophe). By maintaining Anna Hazare on the entrance, just a few ‘kattar beimaan’ (extraordinarily dishonest) individuals have pushed Delhi in direction of ‘aapada’. ‘AAP aapada bankar Delhi par toot padi hai’ (AAP has descended as a calamity on Delhi),” PM Modi mentioned.
“Today, India has develop into a logo of political and financial stability. This position of India will strengthen much more in 2025. This yr would be the yr to strengthen India’s place on the planet. It would be the yr of creating India one of many largest manufacturing centres on the planet…” he added.
“Today PM Modi gave a speech of 43 minutes. For 39 of these minutes, he solely abused the elected authorities of Delhi. The individuals of Delhi elected two governments. The central authorities is of BJP. And the Delhi authorities is of AAP. In 10 years, we did a lot work that it’s going to take me hours to depend the work,” Mr Kejriwal claimed. “There is not any aapada (disaster) in Delhi. It is within the BJP.”
The inauguration of newly constructed flats marked the completion of the second profitable In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation Project by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
PM Modi handed over the keys to eligible beneficiaries of EWS flats at Swabhiman Apartments within the Ashok Vihar space.
For each Rs 25 lakh spent on the development of a flat by the central authorities, the eligible beneficiaries pay lower than seven per cent of the entire quantity, comprising Rs 1.42 lakh as a nominal contribution and Rs 30,000 for 5 years of upkeep.
The improvement push from the BJP-led central authorities comes forward of meeting polls in Delhi, anticipated in February.
PM Modi additionally inaugurated two city redevelopment initiatives — the World Trade Centre at Nauroji Nagar and the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) Type-II quarters at Sarojini Nagar.
The authorities mentioned the World Trade Centre remodeled the realm by changing greater than 600 dilapidated quarters with state-of-the-art business towers, providing round 34 lakh sq. toes of premium business area with superior facilities.