Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Karol Bagh Vishesh Ravi met the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi on Thursday and submitted a memorandum cum letter requesting him to stop North Corporation from giving the land belonging to Jhandewalan Chest Clinic to a private institution for free.

“The sale of Jhandewalan Chest Clinic to a private institution for free is completely against the DMC Act. The North MCD has given 20 years of license for this land without charging any fee from the private organization. The land area of the clinic allotted to a private institution is 500 yards,” the MLA said.

Ravi noted that the poor will not get free treatment, but they will have to pay fees for the treatment. “People were getting huge benefits from Jhandewalan Chest Clinic. It is to be noted that already there are very few government hospitals in Karol Bagh,” he added.

Previously, North MCD had destroyed two MCD primary schools in Bank Street Ajmal Khan Road and grabbed 3000 Sqm of one MCD school in Pusa Lane Karol Bagh Zone violating Delhi land use change rules and RTE act to build a car parking space, he alleged.

“This is in line with a series of public spaces like schools, hospitals, and children's parks North MCD is selling for very cheap rates to private players who use it for commercial purposes. The selling of schools and hospitals for private players for commercial purposes is not ethical. There is huge corruption involved in selling people's land to the private mafia,” he added.

“I requested the LG to stop North MCD from selling the land belonging to Jhandewalan Chest Clinic to a private institution for free in order to save three MCD primary schools,” he said.