Back to Delhi Secretariat, Kejriwal assesses water, power supply in city

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Two days after ending his dharna at the office here, today held back-to-back meetings at the Secretariat to review power and water supply situation in the city, before leaving for Bengaluru for treatment.

He also chaired a Cabinet meeting before leaving for Bengaluru to join a 10-day naturopathy treatment for his blood sugar condition.

Kejriwal was charged by opposition BJP and of sitting on dharna for nine long days at a time when people were facing water and power supply woes in the city.

In the meeting with Jal Board (DJB) officials, the reviewed projects for augmentation for water supply and other matters.

"He directed the officials to send a daily report to him on the water situation in city with details of area-wise problem, action taken and timeline of solution of the problems and whether they were solved or not," said the

Daily production of water, water augmentation projects, area-wise water availability, projects to improve ground water recharge and treatment of water were also discussed during the meeting.

DJB and other senior officials attended the meeting.

In the meeting with officials of the power department and distribution companies, Kejriwal took stock of supply situation and sough daily report detailing reason and duration of outages and restoration of power, said an

He also directed officials to implement the policy of subsidy for tenants at the earliest. The meeting was also attended by

Kejriwal alongwith his cabinet colleagues staged dharna at office of office that ended on June 19 after IAS officers started attending meetings of ministers. They had boycotted meetings as protest over alleged assault on at Kerjriwal's residence in February.

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First Published: Thu, June 21 2018. 19:20 IST