Minister Parvesh Verma pulls up ‘thick-skinned’ Delhi officers, says system was ‘destroyed’ over 10 yrs
New Delhi: Government officers in Delhi have become thick-skinned over the last 10 years and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will now make them run and burn their fat, Delhi’s Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma said Friday. This came a day after Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta wrote to Chief Secretary Dharmendra, complaining that the officers were not even acknowledging MLAs’ calls and letters.
On Friday, Verma directed the suspension of a PWD executive engineer over poor desilting of a drain in the Akshardham area in the national capital. The minister was inspecting the condition of roads and drains in certain parts of Delhi. “Sabko dauda rahe hain, mai bhi daud raha hun. Humko bhi paseena ayega aur unko bhi (We are making them run, I am running, too. We will sweat a...