“Firefighting systems under previous govt were in dilapidated state in Delhi”: CM Rekha Gupta slams AAP

New
Delhi
[India], May 17 (ANI):
Delhi
Chief Minister
Rekha Gupta
has accused the Aam Aadmi Party of neglecting the capital’s infrastructure, particularly its firefighting systems, claiming that under the previous
AAP
-led government, these critical systems were left “in a dilapidated state.”

“The firefighting systems under the previous government were in a dilapidated state in
Delhi
. Because of this, we were not able to provide the necessary solutions to people in the case of numerous tragedies,” CM Gupta said on Friday.

On Friday, the Chief Minister, along with BJP MP Ramvir Bidhuri and
Delhi
Minister
Ashish Sood
, inspected the modern firefighting
vehicles
of the
Delhi
Fire Service at the Secretariat.

CM Gupta further expressed that
Delhi
should have the ability to deal with any fire incident as quickly as possible

”
Delhi
should use the latest techniques to deal with any fire incident as quickly as possible. The
Delhi
government should have the ability to deal with any fire tragedy or incident,” the
Delhi
CM said.

Delhi
Minister
Ashish Sood
also slammed
AAP
for ignoring
Delhi
‘s infrastructure.

“Under the leadership of
Delhi
CM
Rekha Gupta
, we are continuously making efforts to make
Delhi
‘s infrastructure the best in the country. In the last 10 years, no serious efforts have been made to improve
Delhi
‘s infrastructure, particularly the modernisation of fire services,” Sood said while talking with reporters at the Secretariat.

On the same day, the
Delhi
CM also accused the previous
AAP
government of doing nothing for the development of mandis in the national capital, instead making them hubs of corruption.

The Chief Minister said that her government will make a plan to modernise the mandis.

“The condition of all the mandis in
Delhi
is so bad that no work has been done in these mandis in the last 10-15 years,” she told reporters after inspecting Azadpur Mandi in North
Delhi
. (ANI)