India, Dec. 19 -- New Delhi

Public Works Department and water minister Parvesh Verma on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, alleging that a decade of administrative neglect had left the Capital grappling with entrenched civic and environmental crises. In response, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the Centre over its alleged inaction, saying that pollution can only be tackled with active participation of the central government.

Addressing a press conference, Verma displayed a "large stack of pending files", showcasing "the scale of unfinished work" inherited by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. He said the documents reflected years of inaction on basic civic responsibilities, w...