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  • Arvind Kejriwal’s Residence Renovated In Violation Of Master Plan 2021: BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi

    Arvind Kejriwal’s Residence Renovated In Violation Of Master Plan 2021: BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi

    Union minister and BJP MP from New Delhi Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence here was renovated in violation of the Master Plan 2021, and many trees were removed for the exercise. No immediate reaction was available from the Kejriwal government or the ruling Aam Aadmi Party over the allegations.

    Lekhi, who on Wednesday joined the Delhi BJP’s indefinite dharna near Kejriwal’s 6, Flagstaff Road residence, alleged there was a “scam” in the renovation of the CM’s accommodation which cost Rs 45 crore. The Delhi BJP launched the dharna near Kejriwal’s official residence in Civil Lines on Monday. The party has also alleged a “scam” in the exercise carried over 2020-22.

    A new 500-yard bungalow can be built with around Rs 4-5 crore while Kejriwal spent Rs 45 crore just on the renovation of his residence at a time when the COVID pandemic raged, said the minister. “The same Kejriwal who before coming to power used to say he will not enjoy government accommodation and vehicles has now arranged 7-star facilities for himself as the chief minister,” the minister of state for external affairs & culture said.

    No tender was floated for the renovation work to keep it under the wraps, she alleged. “It was not done as a single tender of 45 crore but was fragmented into five parts so that the approval of the PWD secretary could be bypassed. Renovation of chief minister’s residence was done violating the Delhi Master Plan-2021,” Lekhi alleged.

    “Its Lutyens’ Delhi like area and you cannot add even a brick to any structure without permission. The renovation was carried out in violation of Master Plan 2021. No permission was taken from Delhi Urban Arts Commission either,” she alleged. Further, Lekhi charged trees removed for the renovation work were not replaced and many old ones that were translocated did not survive.

    “Fewer than 10 tress were removed at a time to avoid the need to seek permission from higher authorities and keep it under the wraps. A liability of 260 trees was fixed for the trees removed. They had to plant 260 trees near Metcalf House but only 83 were planted and 167 are yet to be planted.

    “Eleven bigger banyan trees aged hundreds of years perished and only one survived due to wrong method of translocation,” she alleged. Kejriwal should open the gates of his residence for the people of Delhi so that they can see for themselves what lies there, or the law will finally catch up and he will be held accountable for his actions, she added.

    The AAP has been responding aggressively to the BJP charges, citing expenses on the residences of the prime minister and the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states. The party has been alleging the BJP was making it an issue to divert attention from the pressing issues faced by the country under the Modi government.

  • Jharkhand government’s warning of violation of Migrant Act

    Jharkhand government’s warning of violation of Migrant Act

    Jharkhand government has reminded Border Roads Organisation (BRO) about repeated violations of provisions of the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, just before the season of recruitment of workers for various road projects commences.

    Thousands of labourers from different districts of Jharkhand are taken for road projects in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and other border areas of the country by contractors of BRO.

    The letter, written on Tuesday by labour, employment, training and skill development department secretary Rajesh Kumar Sharma and addressed to the director general of BRO, draws attention to the annual engagement of casual paid labourers (CPLs) from Jharkhand by BRO.

    “This engagement has been going on for many years since the raising of BRO. Thousands of workers travel mostly from Dumka and other districts of Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand to Ladakh and other border regions in the months of April to September every year. During the national lockdown imposed in March 2020, hundreds of migrant labourers were stranded in high-altitude terrains with uncongenial climatic conditions,” the letter states.

    The letter also claimed: “The Jharkhand government rescued hundreds of workers by special airlift missions during May-June 2020. The Government of Jharkhand has also initiated ‘Safe and Responsible Migration Initiative (SRMI)’ in December 2021. These actions clearly demonstrate the commitment of the state government towards the welfare of inter-state migrant workers of the state working with BRO, and to enforce established statute and legal provisions of the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.” According to the letter, the labour commissioner of Jharkhand in multiple communications to BRO has repeatedly raised the issue of violations of the provisions of the act.

    The communications were sent after receiving multiple complaints of CPLs. “The issue was also raised to the Chief Engineers of Vijayak and Himank, and Secretary – Labour, Ladakh, by the delegation of Government of Jharkhand when it visited the Union Territory of Ladakh in October-November 2021.

    It was mutually agreed upon that BRO will register itself as Principal Employer/ Establishment under the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, which has not been achieved yet,” the letter says and reiterates that BRO has to oblige with the provision of the said act.

    The letter informs that road construction companies empanelled by BRO have started recruiting migrant workers as CPLs again in an “opaque manner”.

    “The Jharkhand government has humbly requested the BRO multiple times to follow provisions of the said Act, but the BRO has not shown any sincerity towards the requests,” the letter states.