High Court asks authorities to resolve water-logging issue in Delhi

The petition filed by 'Anti-Corruption Council of India' submitted that the respondents have not shown interest in making proper arrangements for solving the problem of water-logging in Delhi.

New Delhi: Directing authorities concerned to look into water-logging problems in the capital city, Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition seeking a permanent solution to the issue.

"We hereby direct the respondent authorities concerned to decide the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law, rules, regulations and government policies applicable to the facts of the case," said a division bench of the High Court presided by Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan while disposing off a petition seeking a permanent solution to the water-logging problems in the city during the rainy season.

In the petition, filed by an organisation 'Anti-Corruption Council of India', the petitioner submitted that the respondents have not shown interest in making proper arrangements for solving the problem of water-logging and have been ignoring the plight of Delhiites.

It had sought directions to the Delhi government and others to make arrangements to prevent water-logging and to ensure proper cleaning and maintenance of the drainage and sewerage systems in the national capital.