New Delhi, March 16 -- A few hundred metres from the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Kapashera lies a two-storey sports complex. Spread over 3 acres, the structure is in a dilapidated state - since its inauguration around a year ago, thieves have run off with electrical and bathroom fittings, windows, and even doors, and the compound today has become decrepit.
The complex was constructed at a cost of Rs.2.68 crore by the Delhi government's irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department using funds from the Delhi Village Development Board, following a decade-long struggle by residents of Kapashera village for a recreational facility in the area. However, locals allege that though Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader BS Joon - the then Bijwasan legislato...