HC tells Chief Secy to discuss water-logging with civic bodies

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to hold a meeting with officials of various civic agencies and others to resolve the water-logging problem in the national Capital during monsoons.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar asked the officer to prepare a document on storm-water drainage management system and a composite plan to deal with flooding.

The Delhi government submitted documents on the existing drainage in Delhi to the court, following which it asked whether something can be done to increase its stormwater-carrying capacity.

The court has taken suo motu cognisance and initiated a public interest litigation on waterlogging in Delhi.

The case will be heard next on August 17.