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AAP Councillors Dump Garbage at Civic Centre, Demand Mayor’s Resignation

It follows months of mounting garbage piles under a lapsed sanitation contract that councillors warn threatens public health during the monsoon.

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AAP councillors dumped garbage outside BJP Mayor’s office in protest against abysmal waste management crisis in Delhi’s Central Zone on Thursday. (HT PHOTO )

Overview

  • AAP councillors dumped bags of garbage outside Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh’s office at Delhi’s Civic Centre on July 3 to press for his removal over sanitation lapses.
  • Leader of Opposition Ankush Narang said the Central Zone now operates just two to three garbage tippers compared with 10–15 last year, leaving streets buried under uncollected waste.
  • Councillors pointed to a June 4 memorandum detailing chronic garbage buildup and warned of monsoon-driven health risks from stagnant refuse.
  • Mayor Iqbal Singh denounced the protest as anarchic, highlighting that his BJP-led standing committee approved over 25 proposals, raised property tax exemption limits and fast-tracked pending projects.
  • The Central Zone’s private waste-collection contract expired in November 2023 and has continued only on temporary extensions, prolonging an administrative deadlock over waste management.