Standing panel in limbo, commisioner gets powers
The Morning Standard
|October 15, 2024
IN a move that is set to escalate the confrontation between the AAP-led government and Rajniwas, L-G VK Saxena on Monday granted financial powers enjoyed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Standing Committee to the civic body's commissioner by approving his authority to take financial decisions on the management of solid waste amounting to more than 5 crore.
Under the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act that governs the MCD, proposals worth over 5 crore have to be passed by the standing committee.
Rajniwas said the move would ease the existing problem of municipal solid waste in he city due to the non-existence of the standing committee.
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