Village Kheda Kalan residents & BJP leaders meet Governor

Kheda Kalan residents & BJP leaders meet the Lt. Governor on the Problem of Cracking Houses & Other problem of Delhi Villagers

New Delhi, 13th Oct: A delegation of Village Kheda Kalan residents & BJP leaders led by Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay today met the Lt. Governor of Delhi Shri Najeeb Jung to apprise him with regards to the problem of cracking & dilapidating of houses in Kheda Kalan and other civic, administrative & NDPL related problems being faced by people in Delhi's rural belt. Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Shri Vijendra Gupta was also present along with others.

The delegation included Kheda Kalan village residents Devendra Rana, Vijay Pal Rana, Sheela Rani, Umed Singh, Sanjay Mann along with former MLAs Neeldaman Khatri, Manoj Shaukeen, Gugan Singh, BJP leaders from Outer Delhi Mohan Bhardwaj, Master Azad Singh, Rekha Gupta, Kesh Rani,  Parvesh Wahi, Jai Prakash, Vinod Sehrawat and Jayendra Dabas.

Kheda Kalan residents submitted a representation along with photographs & video clips of dangerous cracks developing in over 180 houses in their village to the Lt. Governor. They lodged protest against authorities forcibly trying to evict them from their houses without providing any alternate accommodation.

Upadhyay drew the Lt. Governor's attention towards the hardships being faced by farmers due to almost 3 fold rise made by NDPL in power tariff for tube well connections and due to thousands of pending claims of crop loss compensation not being settled by concerned authorities for last 2 years.

Vijendra Gupta requested the Lt. Governor to ensure development work in resettlement colonies like J.J. Colonies Sawada & Nangloi apart from Sultanpuri & Mangolpuri where residents are facing extreme sewerage hardship.

Municipal Councillors Rekha Gupta, Keshrani Khatri, Mohan Bhardwaj, Parvesh Wahi & Master Azad Singh requested the Lt. Governor to help establish in the rural belt of Delhi through D.D.A. a Vocational Education Centre for Girls.

The Lt. Governor assured the delegation that he would seek an immediate report on Kheda Kalan Village from the concerned Deputy Commissioner and will direct the administration to work with a humanitarian approach. Shri Najeeb Jung said that North DMC will be directed to extend full help to those who want to repair or re-strengthen their houses. He assured seeking report on NDPL Tariff Rise & crop loss claims.