With the Delhi high court lambasting civic bodies over the issue of waterlogging, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it should “summon” lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung instead, as his post
With the Delhi high court lambasting civic bodies over the issue of waterlogging, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it should “summon” lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung instead, as his post has been upheld as the administrative head by it in a recent verdict. He termed as “strange” the high court’s observation that work has to be executed irrespective of who is at the helm of the government.
“When HC has said that L-G is the govt, then HC shud summon L-G for waterlogging. This is strange. How can high court not be concerned who is govt HC says L-G is govt and then asks CM to do the job ” the CM said in a series of tweets.
On the Delhi government’s submission that its senior officials were not cooperating since the August 4 judgment, the court flatly said on Thursday, “We are not concerned about who is government and who is not.”
It also warned senior Delhi government officials of contempt of court action in case work was not undertaken as per established norms in this regard. Pulling up the local bodies for passing the buck on each other, the court attributed severe waterlogging to clogging of drains by plastics and other non-biodegradable materials.
