NGT pulls up Centre, Delhi govt over garbage mess

Irked over the garbage menace in Delhi due to East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) sanitation workers’ strike, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday pulled up Delhi government, civic bodies and the Centre. The Tribunal has sought an explanation for the menace and asked the government and civic bodies of their plans to deal with solid waste. 

“In a tussle between government and corporations, you have made the general public suffer,” NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said. Over the matter of pending salaries of the East DMC employees -- the cause of their strike, the Tribunal sought explanation from all municipal corporations, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Delhi government.