HC: Assign 1 agency to fix civic issues

Like NDMC taking care of all civic issues in New Delhi, there ought to be one civic agency dealing with all civic issues in Delhi

- Shruti Kakkar

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the government to assign management of the city’s drainage system, garbage, roads, and waterlogging, to one agency.

This was after a bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet PS Arora rejected Delhi government's submission that the Integrated Drain Management Cell (IDMC) is the unified agency to oversee all drains in Delhi and termed the same as “inaccurate”.

To be sure, IDMC was established in 2020 under the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to manage and improve the city’s drains and comprises multiple bodies such as the Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi Jal Board, and Irrigation and Flood Control Department.