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AAP Leader Atishi Marlena Posts Photo Of Sewage Treatment Plant In California, Claims It Is From Delhi’s Okhla
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Jul 14, 2019, 06:08 PM | Updated 06:08 PM IST
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi Marlena posted a photo of a sewage treatment plant (STP) situated in California on her official Instagram account , and claimed the same was of an STP based in Delhi's Okhla, reports OpIndia.
In the post titled 'Vision and priority matters', Marlena had juxtaposed the photograph of Gujarat's Statue of Unity and compared it to the aforementioned STP photograph.
Further, in the post, Marlena also claimed that the Statue of Unity was constructed at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore while the actual cost of the Statue of Unity was Rs 2,989 crore. Also, the picture Marlena claimed was of an STP in Okhla is still to be built.
The said STP's foundation stone was laid just days ago on 8 July 2019 by Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Delhi Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal. Also, it should be noted that 85 per cent of the cost of the to be built STP has been borne by the Union Government.
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