MCD report on solid waste bye laws sought

New Delhi, July 11: The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the three municipal corporations to file a status eport on whether solid waste management ( SWM) bye laws, framed on its directions, are being implemented in their areas.

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar also asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a status report on implementation and inclusion of SWM bye laws framed under SWM Rules and listed the matter for further hearing on September 27. “The three MCDs East, South and North — to file status report whether bye laws are being implemented,” the bench said.

The SWM Bye laws 2018 for the National Capital Territory of Delhi ( NCT) were notified by the Lieutenant Governor on January 15. The bye laws have been framed under the E n v i r o n m e n t ( Protection) Act, 1986 and not under the state municipal laws.

The court was hearing a PIL by Lt Col ( retd) B B Sharan, who has sought directions to the civic bodies to keep the national capital clean.

The court also directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to take immediate steps and clean up the garbage spread in different parts of Dwarka. It asked the SDMC to file a status report along with photographs after cleaning up the area. The direction came after law student and Dwarka resident Ebbani Aggarwal, who filed a PIL on the issue of lack of cleanliness and poor condition of roads as well as pavements in the sub- city, showed photographs of garbage lying on roads and spread outside.