Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged the Delhi government to provide immediate relief to flood-affected residents, alleging delays in the supply of food and the setting up of tents.

Kejriwal visited a relief camp at Shastri Park in northeast Delhi, where he interacted with displaced families. “I can see that people are facing issues. They are not getting food on time. There are mosquitoes everywhere. It has been raining but tents were only put up yesterday,” he told reporters. “This is a natural calamity. We urge the government to provide facilities to people. It is the responsibility of the government to make adequate arrangements.”

The AAP leader said waterlogging across the capital had worsened the crisis. “The desilting of drains did not happen on time. There is sewer backflow in many areas and there is no drinking water in many places. I urge the government to provide facilities to people,” he said.

Kejriwal also appealed to the BJP-led central government to extend aid to flood-hit states across north India. He pointed out that the Centre had dispatched relief materials to Afghanistan after an earthquake and stressed that similar urgency was needed for affected citizens within the country.

“All of north India is grappling with floods — Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi. I urge the Centre to provide relief to people,” he said. “When Afghanistan was hit by an earthquake, the Centre sent relief materials there. We should help other countries. But the Centre should provide relief materials to people here also.”

On Thursday, Kejriwal had travelled to Punjab, where several districts have been inundated after heavy rainfall, to review the situation in the AAP-ruled state.

During his tenure as Delhi chief minister, the city faced one of its worst flood-like situations in 2023 when the Yamuna swelled to 208.66 metres, forcing the evacuation of more than 25,000 people.