Overview
- Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood reviewed sanitation in Ward 92 sites and directed MCD to identify a proper dumping point, add vehicles if required and divert waste to Bhalswa for faster clearance.
- He ordered immediate cleaning and repair of a neglected drain, the closure of illegal borewells, removal of abandoned vehicles and a boundary wall at Rajiv Gandhi Camp to curb encroachment.
- DUSIB was told to reclaim land and construct a three-storey women’s toilet block at R Block Jhuggis by February 20, with encroachments to be removed from the site.
- Sood mandated daily garbage lifting with photographic proof sent to his office and said he will revisit the area in 15 days to check compliance.
- Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, after hearing complaints in New Ashok Nagar, directed more dumpers, garbage vans and sanitation workers, sought removal of encroaching parked vehicles, requested extra traffic police near a girls’ school and said the government will examine the need for an STP on a major drain.