Only 117 localities have complaints of dirty water, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

After dressing a press conference on water pollution row in Delhi on Friday, AAP Cheif Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come out to tweet his reply to 'dirty water allegations' slapped on him by BSI report saying that only 117 localities in Delhi have complained about dirty water. Recently a report released by Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan showed that water quality in national capital did t meet quality standards as all 11 samples from city failed to meet BSI mark. Arvind Kejriwal answered questions on same saying that he wasn't interested in "politicizing issue." He later went on to tweet about same. 

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"In 2015, almost 2300 localities h complaints about dirty water. We fixed this. w only 117 localities have complaints about dirty water. re too, work is being done with full force. It takes time to fix a b system of 70 years, his tweet res. 

On Friday, Kejriwal started off his press conference by anuncing exemptions on new water and sewer connections. Arvind Kejriwal anunced that w for any sized plot, a flat charge of Rs. 2,310 would be applied for buying a new water connection in place of previous Rs100 per metre system. While taking questions he said, "My government's priority is to provide clean water to people of Delhi. People are doing 'dirty' politics regarding water quality in Delhi. I request you to tell me personally if dirty water comes anywhere, we'll get it fixed."

“We changed water pipelines in Sant Nagar in 2018 after y complained of ulterated and dirty water in area. A similar issue surfaced in Kamalpur, Buri in 2019 and we replaced pipes...I can give you more than 15 examples of such places to you. re have been more than 2,300+ colonies facing issue of receiving unclean water. re are still some areas that need improvement. We cant correct all wrongs that have been committed in last 70 years”

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