New Delhi, Sitting in the hot summer sun with two empty jerry cans, 26-year-old Rajneesh Kumar waits for a water tanker to arrive at his home in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar due to irregular water supply - which turned out to be a crisis. Is. Part of life for last 12 years.
According to local residents, apart from water shortage, traffic jams, lack of parking space and sewage disposal system are also among the problems in the South Delhi constituency.
Voting will be held on May 25 for all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. While political parties are seeking votes on issues like Ram Temple, corruption, unemployment and inflation, locals said the candidates should ensure basic amenities and address civic issues. Must concentrate on doing.Kumar, a resident of F Block, Sangam Vihar, said, “My father bought this house 25 years ago. When I was a child, there was no water shortage, but as I grew up, water crisis became a part of our lives. became."
"For the last 10 years, we have been dependent on water tankers as there is no drinking water supply in our area," he said. Kumar, who works at a computer shop in Nehru Place, said the groundwater level in the area was going down. Despite this, the government has no plan for water storage.
According to the police, fights over water are common in areas like Sanga Vihar, Mehrauli, Chhatarpur, Bijwasa and Aya Nagar.Before the delimitation exercise conducted in 2008, the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency included many affluent areas, but now it mainly consists of urban villages, unauthorized and resettlement colonies and slums, which pose several infrastructure challenges. Mehrauli , Chhattarpur, Bijwasan and Neb Sarai – which share their borders with Haryana – have farmhouses spread over several acres of land and surrounded by green forests, while Badarpur, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad, Govindpuri have mostly slums and Unauthorized people live there. Colonies and rural villages.
South Delhi has 10 assembly constituencies - Chhatarpur, Palam, Bijwasan, Kalkaji Mehrauli, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad and Badarpur.
Jaitpur resident Sandeep Verma, who owns a mobile shop on Mehrauli-Badapu Road, said that every monsoon the drains get clogged and the road gets filled with dirty water."I don't know whether my one vote will bring any change here, but I will definitely vote," Verma said. He said long traffic jams are another issue that needs immediate attention.
None of the candidates who come here to campaign talk on these issues, he lamented.
Hema Bhandari, engineer in the government department, said, “Despite construction of some flyovers and underpasses, our leaders have failed to give us jam-free roads. The best example of this is the Palam-Dwarka flyover which remains jammed for hours every day." .Meanwhile, some areas of Govindpuri, Kalkaji, Ambedkar Nagar and Badarpu do not have adequate parking space due to unauthorized construction and narrow lanes.
Unlike the 2019 parliamentary elections, when the seat saw a triangular contest between the BJP, AAP and Congress, this time it is a tight contest between BJP's Ramveer Singh Bidhuri (71) and AAP's Sahi Ram Pehalwan (64), Who are supported by Congress. Congress and AAP are part of the India faction.
Pehalwan, MLA from Tughlakabad, is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. He said his first three priorities after winning the elections would be to build a hospital, school and a sports stadium in South Delhi. "I will build a big hospital in South Delhi by arranging land through the Center or DDA.If DDA does not do so, Delhi government funds will be used. A lot has been done in the field of education, but there is still work to be done. “We need to do more. We will build schools after getting land from DDA.”
He said that the youth, especially athletes, want a stadium in South Delhi to prepare for national and international sports events and he will fulfill this demand.Ramveer Bidhuri is the MLA from Badarpur assembly constituency, a key constituency of the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The BJP chose him from this seat in place of two-time MP Ramesh Bidhuri. Ramveer Bidhuri said that the people of South Delhi are suffering due to water shortage and poor transportation.
He said that Yamuna river is still poisonous and Delhi has become the most polluted city under the current AAP rule.
He said that if elected he would restart the old age pension scheme and implement 'Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Yojana' in Delhi.He also promised to provide free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to people above 7 years of age. He said, ration cards will be provided to all eligible people of Delhi.
Ramveer Bidhuri and wrestler both are Gurjars.
The South Delhi constituency has been represented in the past by popular leaders such as Sushma Swaraj, Madan Lal Khurana and Vijay Kumar Malhotra. In 1999, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contested the seat, but lost to Malhotra by 30,000 votes. Lost.
The constituency currently has 22,21,445 voters, of which 31 percent are from the OBC community, 16 percent are Dalits, 9 percent are Gurjars, 7 percent are Muslims and 5 percent are Punjabis.
According to local residents, apart from water shortage, traffic jams, lack of parking space and sewage disposal system are also among the problems in the South Delhi constituency.
Voting will be held on May 25 for all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. While political parties are seeking votes on issues like Ram Temple, corruption, unemployment and inflation, locals said the candidates should ensure basic amenities and address civic issues. Must concentrate on doing.Kumar, a resident of F Block, Sangam Vihar, said, “My father bought this house 25 years ago. When I was a child, there was no water shortage, but as I grew up, water crisis became a part of our lives. became."
"For the last 10 years, we have been dependent on water tankers as there is no drinking water supply in our area," he said. Kumar, who works at a computer shop in Nehru Place, said the groundwater level in the area was going down. Despite this, the government has no plan for water storage.
According to the police, fights over water are common in areas like Sanga Vihar, Mehrauli, Chhatarpur, Bijwasa and Aya Nagar.Before the delimitation exercise conducted in 2008, the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency included many affluent areas, but now it mainly consists of urban villages, unauthorized and resettlement colonies and slums, which pose several infrastructure challenges. Mehrauli , Chhattarpur, Bijwasan and Neb Sarai – which share their borders with Haryana – have farmhouses spread over several acres of land and surrounded by green forests, while Badarpur, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad, Govindpuri have mostly slums and Unauthorized people live there. Colonies and rural villages.
South Delhi has 10 assembly constituencies - Chhatarpur, Palam, Bijwasan, Kalkaji Mehrauli, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Tughlakabad and Badarpur.
Jaitpur resident Sandeep Verma, who owns a mobile shop on Mehrauli-Badapu Road, said that every monsoon the drains get clogged and the road gets filled with dirty water."I don't know whether my one vote will bring any change here, but I will definitely vote," Verma said. He said long traffic jams are another issue that needs immediate attention.
None of the candidates who come here to campaign talk on these issues, he lamented.
Hema Bhandari, engineer in the government department, said, “Despite construction of some flyovers and underpasses, our leaders have failed to give us jam-free roads. The best example of this is the Palam-Dwarka flyover which remains jammed for hours every day." .Meanwhile, some areas of Govindpuri, Kalkaji, Ambedkar Nagar and Badarpu do not have adequate parking space due to unauthorized construction and narrow lanes.
Unlike the 2019 parliamentary elections, when the seat saw a triangular contest between the BJP, AAP and Congress, this time it is a tight contest between BJP's Ramveer Singh Bidhuri (71) and AAP's Sahi Ram Pehalwan (64), Who are supported by Congress. Congress and AAP are part of the India faction.
Pehalwan, MLA from Tughlakabad, is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. He said his first three priorities after winning the elections would be to build a hospital, school and a sports stadium in South Delhi. "I will build a big hospital in South Delhi by arranging land through the Center or DDA.If DDA does not do so, Delhi government funds will be used. A lot has been done in the field of education, but there is still work to be done. “We need to do more. We will build schools after getting land from DDA.”
He said that the youth, especially athletes, want a stadium in South Delhi to prepare for national and international sports events and he will fulfill this demand.Ramveer Bidhuri is the MLA from Badarpur assembly constituency, a key constituency of the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat. The BJP chose him from this seat in place of two-time MP Ramesh Bidhuri. Ramveer Bidhuri said that the people of South Delhi are suffering due to water shortage and poor transportation.
He said that Yamuna river is still poisonous and Delhi has become the most polluted city under the current AAP rule.
He said that if elected he would restart the old age pension scheme and implement 'Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Yojana' in Delhi.He also promised to provide free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to people above 7 years of age. He said, ration cards will be provided to all eligible people of Delhi.
Ramveer Bidhuri and wrestler both are Gurjars.
The South Delhi constituency has been represented in the past by popular leaders such as Sushma Swaraj, Madan Lal Khurana and Vijay Kumar Malhotra. In 1999, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh contested the seat, but lost to Malhotra by 30,000 votes. Lost.
The constituency currently has 22,21,445 voters, of which 31 percent are from the OBC community, 16 percent are Dalits, 9 percent are Gurjars, 7 percent are Muslims and 5 percent are Punjabis.
