HC summons senior civic, Metro officials on cleanliness in Dwarka

The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked top officials of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and the Delhi Metroto be personally present in court to explain the work done by them to clean up Dwarka sub-city.

A division bench of Justice B.D Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva summoned DDA's chief engineer, Dwarka, SDMC's chief engineer, DEMS, and Delhi Metro's deputy general manager, civil, on Feb 25.

The court's direction came after noting that the agencies are not doing anything to make the area clear despite its directions.

"We thought in this small area, you (various agencies) will so some work. But nothing is happening," the bench observed.

Ebbani Aggarwal, a law student and resident of Dwarka, who had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) told the court that the markets, roads, footpaths and open vacant land and other places in Dwarka sub-city were full of litter, filth, rubbish, solid waste and remains of construction material.

Earlier, the court had asked DDA and SDMC officials to work together to remove all the debris and rubbish which was indicated in photographs submitted by Aggarwal as part of her petition.