A day after being rapped by the Supreme Court for not doing enough to dispose of the huge quantity of garbage in the national capital, the Delhi government on Saturday formed a three-member panel whic
A day after being rapped by the Supreme Court for not doing enough to dispose of the huge quantity of garbage in the national capital, the Delhi government on Saturday formed a three-member panel which will submit a report on solid waste management by November 10.
The decision to form the committee, which will be headed by Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, was taken at a meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at his official residence.
“We have decided to form a three-member ministerial committee headed by Mr Jain. The committee will have environment minister Imran Hussain and water minister Kapil Mishra as its members.
“It will talk to all stakeholders, including the MCD commissioners on garbage collection and disposal and give its report by November 10. We will inform the Supreme Court if there are any obstacles,” Mr Kejriwal said.
The committee will consider ways to tackle air pollution at the earliest and will start implementing concrete measures as soon as possible. It will submit the report to the Delhi government.
The chief minister said that the government has taken the apex court’s observation as an “opportunity” and will apprise it about the difficulties the city administration is facing on garbage disposal.
The Supreme Court had on Friday observed that an “alarming” situation prevails in Delhi as the garbage mounds near three landfill sites here are like “Qutub Minar.” It also asked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators to create awareness about garbage disposal among the people in the city.
“Garbage mounds near landfill sites are above 45 metre. These are almost like towers like the Qutub Minar. The height of Qutub Minar is 73 metre and these mounds are more than half the size. It’s an alarming situation. Who is going to deal with it You (government) have to deal with the problem,” the apex court had said.
