MCDS not giving masks to sanitation staff, alleges AAP

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp)-ruled municipal corporations in Delhi (MCDS) have not provided masks, gloves, face shields or other Covid-19 safety equipment to their sanitation workers.

The BJP dismissed the allegations as “baseless” and hit back saying the AAP government was trying to divert attention away from the “collapse” of the health care system in Delhi.

“Bjp-ruled municipal corporations have not given masks, gloves, face shields or other safety equipment to sanitation workers and the workers currently carrying out the fogging exercise to combat dengue and malaria. They are front-line workers and the BJP is insulting them and putting their lives at risk. The AAP demands that the Bjp-ruled municipal corporations immediately provide safety gear to sanitation workers,” said the AAP’S in-charge of municipal affairs Durgesh Pathak.

Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said, “His (Pathak’s) statement on non-availability of safety gear for sanitation workers is baseless. This is a tactic for diverting attention from the collapse of the health-care system in Delhi and failure of the Aapled Delhi government in managing Covid-19. Sanitation inspector offices in all 278 wards of the three municipal corporations are well stocked with masks, gloves and soaps, among others. These items are routinely distributed among sanitation workers as well as mosquito-breeding checkers.”

This is a tactic to divert focus away from the failure of the AAP govt in managing Covid-19

Delhi BJP spokesman