““What is happening in the national capital?”: SC raps AAP-controlled MCD for not paying attention to untreated solid waste in Delhi”, Opindia, January 17, 2025:
“The Apex Court pulled up the Aam Aadmi Party-controlled Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday for not paying attention to the problem of untreated solid waste in the national capital. Highlighting that over 3000 tonnes of solid waste remain untreated daily, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan expressed astonishment over MCD’s plan to clear the waste by December 2027. The court’s remarks came during the hearing of a case filed against air pollution in the national capital.
On an earlier occasion, the court asked the Delhi government to submit an affidavit by January 15, 2025, outlining measures to prevent fires and mitigate environmental harm at these sites. While going through the affidavit today, the court asked the MCD as to where it was dumping the 3000 tonnes of waste daily.
Questioning the claims of the MCD to get rid of all the waste by 2027, the court said, “You don’t say where the 3000 tonnes of untreated solid waste goes. You have made a tall promise that by 2027 it will be cleared, and you have not accounted for 3000 tonnes of dumping. You must file an affidavit stating where you’re dumping 3000 tonnes of solid waste every day because the affidavit is completely silent. Just see the brazen manner in which the affidavit is filed”…….”
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