Delhi Politics: On the occasion of World Health Day, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Devendra Yadav has fiercely targeted the BJP’s double engine government for the health system. He said that for the last 12 years in Delhi, neither the previous Kejriwal government nor the current BJP government has managed to save the lives of the people. While presenting shocking figures, Yadav claimed that 20 newborns are dying every day in Delhi, which highlights the plight of health facilities.

‘7439 newborns die, rising mortality worrying’

Devendra Yadav, citing the report released on World Health Day, said that 7439 newborns died in Delhi in 2023, including 4439 boys and 2995 girls. He said that 7419 of these deaths occurred in hospitals, which raise questions on the government health system. Yadav said, “The lack of malnutrition, pneumonia, septicemia and NICU is the main reasons. Government hospitals do not have emergency cesarean surgery, outborn NICU and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Due to lack of medicines, poor mother and infants are not treated on time.

‘Comparison and reality distance with America’

Yadav lashed out at the BJP and said that the government compares the country to the US to make economic superpower, but the situation is frightening in terms of health. “5-6 newborns die per 1000 living births in America, while this rate is much higher in Delhi. The destruction of the health system in the world’s largest democracy is the biggest failure of the BJP.”

‘Things worse in four years’

Presenting the figures for the last four years, the Congress leader said that the mortality rate of newborns is continuously increasing. 6145 deaths (20.37%) in 2020, 6413 deaths (23.60%) in 2021, 7155 deaths (23.82%) in 2022 and 7439 deaths (23.61%) were recorded in 2023. He raised the question that despite claims to increase health budget, why are the situation not improving?

‘Not even medicines in big hospitals’

Yadav alleged, “Out of 178 essential medicines in Delhi Cancer Hospital, there are no more than 100 stocks. The cancer patients do not even get 20-30 thousand medicines. The BJP, which beats the drum of Ayushman Yojana, should first fix the hospitals of Delhi.” He claimed that treatment of every disease was free under Congress rule, but now patients have to buy medicines from outside.

‘Double engine claim hollow’

Devendra Yadav said that the BJP, which exposed the failures of the previous government on the plight of the health sector, did not make any improvement itself. The government of double engine has completely failed to repair the health system. This is a deception of the people of Delhi.

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Water crisis in delhi: Devendra Yadav, president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, has attacked the BJP government led by Rekha Gupta over the deepening water crisis in Delhi. He said that the government has failed to provide basic facilities like drinking water to the people of Delhi and claims like “Summer Action Plan” are limited to paper only.

‘Publicity and app will not quench thirst’

Devendra Yadav said that 3 crore population of Delhi needs 1800 million gallons (MGD) water daily, but the government is able to supply only 1000 MGDs. Despite this, the government claims the demand of 1290 MGD, which is much less than the actual need. He taunted and said, “When there will be no water in the tanker, what will happen by showing the location of the app? Can thirsty people drink water from the app?”

‘Announcements useless without increasing water source’

The Congress leader termed the “Summer Action Plan 2025” as hollow and said that until the availability of water sources is increased, these announcements are just an excuse to avoid responsibility. He demanded that the government ensure at least 1500 MGD water supply. At the same time, questioning the water budget of Rs 9,000 crore, said, “This is only 15% of the total budget, whereas last year it was 18%. How will the water structure be strengthened by the budget cut?”

‘There was better arrangement during Sheila Dixit’

Recalling the tenure of former Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, Devendra Yadav said that then facilities like water, electricity and road were given priority. He also targeted Water Minister Parvesh Verma and said that he neither talked to the neighboring states for water nor sought any help from the Center.

‘Did not take lessons from 275 deaths’

Referring to 275 deaths due to heat and water crisis last year, Yadav said that the government did not take any lesson from it. He said, “This is not just an administrative failure, but a betrayal of the public. BJP will have to tell what it is doing to deal with this crisis. The campaign and speeches cannot be quenched.

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