MCD clears 54 proposals amid chaos during meet

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) house of councillors witnessed scenes of pandemonium on Tuesday, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members objected to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party introducing a large number of policy proposals directly in the House, bypassing the yet-to-be-formed standing committee an all-powerful panel that controls MCD's purse strings and ratifies the agenda for discussion in the house.

- Paras Singh

Even as BJP members tore policy papers and tossed them in the well of the house, around 54 proposals were passed by the AAP, with three postponed for further consideration, and one policy rejected, civic officials aware of the proceedings said.

Among the matters cleared were a new meat shop and meat processing plant policy, the framing of draft bylaws for plastic waste, and a new policy governing cloud or satellite kitchens. Other policies that were passed included health departments proposals to outsource several health care facilities, administrative approvals to hire companies to biomine a cumulative 5 million tonne of legacy waste at the Okhla and Ghazipur landfills, and the extension of the contract of the private concessionaire that has been hired to collect garbage from the Central zone of the civic body.

The standing committee takes up five types of policy matters layout plans, audit reports, decisions with financial bearings above 5 crore, rate and con(appointing an agency and fixing contract rates), and new policies which have financial implications.