Complete paralysis in civic administration, HC pulls up MCDs on doubling of dengue cases

Delhi | Wednesday | 1st December, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the municipal corporations for their failure to control the spread of dengue which has doubled this year in the national capital, saying there is a complete paralysis in civic administration as no one is bothered about the deaths.

The high court said that the authorities have become so populist in their approach that the policies are being made only in populist ways and they are scared of doing anything that will lose them votes.“If only elections were fought and won or lost on real issues, we would have a different city.

It does not work that way.

Today they are being fought on what is free,” it said.“This is a sorry state of affairs in the national capital.

It is a disillusion.

There is a complete paralysis in civic administration as no one is bothered about the deaths.