HC directs DDA, civic bodies, residents to keep Dwarka clean

The Delhi high court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ensure that the rubble dumped on several of its vacant plots in Dwarka is removed and asked the municipal authorities to take strict action against those found littering in the sub-city.

It ruled that residents of Dwarka ought to ensure they keep the roads, markets and other areas clean. A Bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said if the residents of the sub-city do not have this “self-realisation”, then “there are ample provisions under the law to ensure they do so”. It directed the municipal corporation to take strict action against those found littering as well as carry out public awareness campaigns in the area, saying “we have to be strict on people too. We must introduce civic sense in them”.

The order was passed on a PIL filed by Ebbani Aggarwal, a law student and resident of the sub-city, seeking directions to the civic authorities and DDA to ensure cleanliness there. 

The court has asked the municipal corporation to involve Aggarwal also in its awareness campaigns.