Apex Court to hear PIL on chikungunya, garbage on Sept 26

A Bench of Justice Anil R Dave and Justice L Nageswara Rao directed the public interest litigation on the issue by Delhi doctor Anil Mittal be filed or an early hearing after it was mentioned by senior counsel Colin Gonsalves.

Pointing to the 

alleged apathy of the Delhi civic corporations in removing garbage, Gonsalves said that “certain areas falling under the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) have become garbage dumping grounds where mosquitoes are breeding”.

Gonsalves also showed 

to the court photographs of huge garbage dumps in the national Capital.