SC Raps MCD Over Neglect of Lodhi-Era Monument

"You will clean it in two hours if a dignitary is coming," the Supreme Court remarked sharply as it came down heavily on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for failing to maintain cleanliness around the Lodhi-era monument Gumti of Shaikh Ali in Defence Colony.

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A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S V N Bhatti, directing the MCD commissioner to hold officers accountable, asked him to present an action plan addressing the lapses identified by the court commissioner.

"If a dignitary is coming, you will clean it in two hours and keep the area spick and span. Is this the respect you show to our orders? It is very difficult to restrain ourselves, but is this the way you behave? Is there any ego issue that you say the archaeology department will do?" the bench observed during the hearing on September 4.