The Delhi high court has expressed displeasure over lack of cleanliness in several areas of Delhi and even in a municipal hospital. The court has directed the civic bodies to depute officials to inspect whether sanitary workers are carrying out their duties properly or not.
The court said the officials concerned of the three municipal corporations of Delhi and the public works department (PWD) would carry out the inspection work along with the PIL petitioner on whose plea the court had earmarked three areas in the city for cleaning-up activities. A bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva made it clear that if any worker/official of the municipal corporations or PWD was found to be “delinquent” regarding their duties, disciplinary action would be taken against them.
The inspection reports would have to be counter-signed by petitioner B.B. Sharan before placing it before the court, the court said. The court’s directions came after it went through the latest inspection reports filed by the petitioner showed that despite court’s direction to clean up Karol Bagh’s western extension area (WEA) under North MCD and Patparganj in West Delhi, these areas were still dirty.
The court was also informed that a hospital in South Delhi maintained and run by South MCD was also dirty. Initially, the court had also asked South MCD and the other agencies to clean up Lajpat Nagar.
