Expressing disappointment on sorry state of affairs over lack of cleanliness in several areas in the national Capital and even at a municipal hospital, the Delhi High Court has directed the civic bodies to depute officials to inspect whether sanitary workers are carrying out their duties.
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, said a Bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva.
The Bench said 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.
It also said that the inspection reports would have to be counter-signed by petitioner BB Sharan before placing it before the court.
The directions by the court have come after the latest inspection reports filed by the petitioner showing that the areas were still dirty despite court’s direction to clean up Karol Bagh’s western extension area (WEA) under north MCD and Patparganj in East Delhi,.
The court also pointed that a hospital in South Delhi maintained and run by south MCD was also dirty. The court had initially asked south Delhi and the other agencies to clean up lajpat Nagar here and to maintain the cleanliness.