“We do not fall under the BPL line according to our income, but the high rents leave nothing for us in the end. Our ration card provides us only wheat. How are we to afford other food items,” Zubeida of Shahpur Jat said.
In parts of the constituency like Sant Nagar, Khirki Extension pockets of Chirag Delhi, bad roads make life difficult for people, especially during monsoon.
Dinesh Awasthy, General Secretary of Khirki Extension R-Block RWA, claimed the Association had to step in to fill in the lacunae left by the “lack of initiative” by the government to fix the problems of the area. He alleged the residents had to got the roads, sewer and pipelines laid down with their own money.
Residents in villages said narrow bylanes in their localities are too narrow to accommodate even fire-engines in times of emergency.
The lack of drains is another problem faced by the residents in certain urban villages. The drainage system in Greater Kailash, though present, is over 50 years old. The residents of Shahpur Jat too rued the absence of proper sewerage with open manholes visible in the area.
The total number of voters in the constituency is 1.4 lakh out of which around 79,000 are men and 67,000 are women. Delhi goes to polls on December 4.
