NGT appoints 10 commissioners for dengue inspection
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NEW DELHI: Vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya have started spreading in the city and the steps taken by the authorities to contain the menace are a mere "formality", National Green Tribunal said.
Unhappy with the situation, a bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar appointed 10 local commissioners to inspect different places in the city under each municipal corporation and report to it about the problem persisting on the ground.
"We appoint local commissioners to inspect areas under the jurisdiction of all the municipal corporations and the Delhi Cantonment Board. They shall submit a complete and comprehensive report to show places of water logging and dumping of municipal solid waste," the bench said.
The tribunal also asked them to submit a report on mechanism adopted for dumping of municipal solid waste in unauthorised colonies and inform it whether sites for fumigation have been identified or not.
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