Sheila Dikshit wants better security for Delhi

NEW DELHI: After the bomb blast outside Delhi High court, chief minister Sheila Dikshit has demanded concrete measures to be taken to plug the loopholes in the security system exposed in the wake of the blast.

Dikshit said that the Centre must take appropriate action based on findings of the National Investigation Agency which was tasked to probe the blast that caused massive casualties.

A probe has already been ordered by the home ministry. Let the report come. If there was any dereliction of duties or if the probe finds that the system faltered somewhere, then we must take corrective action.

She said, “Based on the report, we must take strong follow-up action,” Dikshit had met home minister P Chidambaram hours after the blast to seek better security.

Reacting on the palpable anger among the residents of Delhi over the failure of an elected government in meeting their security expectations, she said “it does feel frustrated when you cannot do anything when people look up to you. The citizens feel as elected representatives, we must address their concerns.”