New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and other civic agencies to jointly inspect different sites in Dwarka to locate an appropriate place where garbage could be dumped by the residents.
A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul perused the fresh pictures submitted by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), after it and DDA were pulled up
for filing photo-shopped pictures, and observed that while some areas of Dwarka look better, there was scope for more.
"There is an improvement. But still a lot needs to be done. We direct Executive Engineer of Department of Environment Management Services (DEMS), SDMC and DDA to visit the site together at 11 am on Thursday to identify appropriate place for garbage dumps.
"In so far as the land beneath the wire ducts constructed by Delhi Metro is concerned, the issue needs to be sorted out as to whom the land belongs to. The counsel for DDA and DMRC assure the court that issue would be resolved soon," the bench said.
The court, which also impleaded the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in the matter, also directed DDA to submit status report on service lanes in Dwarka and asked SDMC to ensure cleanliness in the area.
It also suggested that SDMC should provide a garbage disposal system for the residents of Dwarka and then declare that there will be zero tolerance towards littering.
The court was hearing a plea by Ebbani Aggarwal, a law student and resident of Dwarka, seeking a direction to the civic agencies to clean up the sub-city of Dwarka.
Ebbani had opposed SDMC's claims of having completely cleaned up some areas of Dwarka and said that in some places rubble is being dumped behind walls.