Fix a time for garbage collection: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that even citizens should take the responsibility of keeping their surroundings clean. The HC directed that a time-bound garbage collection system be set up to prevent the piling of garbage.

Citing the example of foreign countries, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to implement a system where the garbage can be collected only once in a day.

“In the US, the garbage is collected only once in a week. You can’t be cleaning all the time. Implement a system on pilot basis and fix a time for collection of garbage,” the bench said.

The court also sought a report from the MCD on the appointment of Citizen’s Committee by the SDM under his supervision to ensure that the court’s order is implemented.

“You can appoint a local vigilant officer who will be a resident of the particular locality and cannot be won over by anyone,” the court said.

The court made the observations and suggestions while hearing two Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyers Arpit Bhargava and Gauri Grover who sought that directions be issued to the municipal bodies among other authorities to take …read more