Remove rubble immediately from your land: HC to DDA

Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed DDA to ensure “immediate removal” of construction material dumped on the authority’s vacant lands in Dwarka, saying this was a major cause of air pollution in the national Capital. A Bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva also directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ensure that people do not dump rubble or ‘malba’ on its lands at night and suggested putting in place guards or CCTV cameras to curb such practice and identify the guilty. “It is your land, you take care of it. Post guards or set up CCTV cameras. Do you know that rubble is a major cause of air pollution? Take immediate action to remove rubble and ensure there is no dumping of ‘malba’ (construction material),” the court directed the DDA. The court also noted that there was some improvement in the work done by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to keep the surroundings of ‘dhalaos’ (garbage dumps) clean as well as in clearing of rubbish, but said the steps taken were not “fully satisfactory”.