A month after the Supreme Court asked Delhi government to pay its share of Rs 1,000 crore out of Rs 3,577 crore due for the construction of Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government told the court that the government had already paid its share when the apex court passed an order in 2005 on these expressways and hence it should not be compelled to pay the amount.
The AAP government also told the court that the real beneficiaries are Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, which will develop township projects along the expressways.
