Residents of Bijwasan in Delhi Struggle with Daily Water and Power Challenges
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New Delhi, Dec 22 (NationPress) With the Assembly elections in Delhi on the horizon, residents of the Bijwasan Assembly constituency in the national capital shared their grievances with IANS. Balram Prasad, a local resident, expressed, “This is Singhi Basti and Brijwasan Assembly. There are significant issues here; primarily, there are no public toilets… water is delivered via tanker only once a week, leading to conflicts among residents to secure it.”
He pointed to plastic water canisters, stating that he must store water in these jars, and his entire family relies on this limited supply for the week.
Regarding AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s assertions of providing free water and electricity, Prasad remarked, “Leaders make grand promises but take no action. They enjoy their privileges while blaming one another. The AAP government supplies free water just once a week, which is completely insufficient.”
On electricity issues, he noted, “In the morning, we experience a power cut for two hours, and at night, it lasts for four hours. We face numerous challenges due to these outages.”
Prasad also mentioned that he has been without an electricity meter for three months and has repeatedly visited the electricity office without resolution.
“The electricity officials tell us to obtain an NOC from the DDA to get the meter installed… they label our area a jhuggi jhopri (slum) while it is actually private land,” he added.
“This road was constructed only four months ago in anticipation of the elections. However, the most pressing issue here remains access to clean drinking water,” he informed IANS.
A local woman named Kela Devi stated, “The water tanker arrives just once a week. The water shortage is so severe that it leads to fights and stone-pelting. We lack ration cards too, which adds to our struggles.”
She further claimed that she recently paid an electricity bill of Rs 5500, questioning how electricity could possibly be free under such circumstances.
Another resident, Rohit, claimed there were no problems with water or electricity, adding, “During the elections, leaders come here soliciting votes, and once it’s over, they vanish.”
