The Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) House meeting on Thursday was marked by heated confrontations over nearly every issue, including ward-wise budgetary allocations, pollution preparedness, Yamuna clean-up, and the undisposed garbage in the city, including an attempt to snatch the microphone from the mayor and the throwing of paper.
The proposal to introduce garbage user charge was postponed for consideration later. “The MCD is continuously undertaking new initiatives for the public good. Other proposals that were approved included temporarily allotting MCD land for a batching plant near Chandni Chowk Metro Station, establishing a 125-tonne-per-day (MTPD) dung-based compressed biogas (CBG) plant at Bhalswa Dairy, and implementing the Zero Waste Colony initiative in 12 zones of the corporation. Wahi announced that the allocation was being increased from the existing ₹ 50 lakh to ₹ 75 lakh. As part of this, every councillor will be allocated ₹ 25 lakh for development projects in their respective wards, and 2,500 additional sanitation workers will be engaged for a period of three months to ensure improved cleanliness during the upcoming festive season,” he said in the house. “Even after seven months, only ₹ 50 lakh has been provided. At around 4:00pm, after roughly 90 minutes the mayor announced that all agendas had been passed and adjourned the meeting.
Addressing the disruption during the meeting at a press conference afterwards, mayor Pravesh Wahi said the MCD’s disciplinary committee would initiate action against the members involved. With Diwali just around the corner, the BJP still has no concrete plan to release the remaining funds,” Narang said in the meeting.
Later, Naziya Danish, a councillor backed by the Congress party, criticised Shagufta Chaudhary Zubair, who was earlier associated with the Congress but joined AAP in 2024.
