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L-G Anil Baijal, AAP fight gets murkier

If a Pizza delivery, LPG gas delivery, credit card executives, and other delivery don't pose a threat, how can Doorstep Delivery of Services be a threat to the safety and security of women and other citizens

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"If the delivery of Pizza doesn't cause any traffic congestion and pollution, then how come delivery of services at doorstep will cause traffic congestion and pollution?," the Delhi government stated in its statement on Thursday. The AAP-led government was responding to the ongoing controversy between the Delhi government and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal after the doorstep delivery of services became another flashpoint between the two, with both of them comparing the services to 'pizza delivery services'.

"If a Pizza delivery, LPG gas delivery, credit card executives, and other delivery don't pose a threat, how can Doorstep Delivery of Services be a threat to the safety and security of women and other citizens? The concern in our humble opinion appears to be misplaced," the statement further stated.

The L-G house on Thursday alleged that a misplaced parallel is being drawn between the current proposal and E-Commerce."There is no technology so far to download Pizza and many other E-Commerce products, whereas most of the proposed services in the Government proposal can be and are already being delivered online. Moreover, delivery of Pizza and most of the other E-Commerce products can also not be compared with the documents proposed to be delivered through the 'Mobile Sahayaks' as the latter would involve sensitive personal information," the L-G house said in a statement. The L-G house once again confirmed that the proposal was not rejected.

Among the 40 public services, which were to be covered under the scheme in the first phase, are caste certificates, income certificates, driving licences, new water and sewer connections, driving licences, duplicate driving licences, handicap pension schemes, domicile certificates, issuance of the delayed birth order and Lalo Dora certificates.

According to previous figures, approximately 25 lakh transactions of these 40 services are held every year. Each transaction takes around four visits to the office concerned by the applicant. In the second phase, 30-35 more services would be added to the scheme every consecutive 30 days.

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