Delhi's waste -free campaign limited to the selfie of leaders, land reality exposed - NCR New Delhi City Cleanup Drive failed garbage dumps

Delhi’s waste -free campaign limited to selfie of leaders, ground reality updated: Do, 02 Oct 2025 04:15 am (IST) The problem of waste remains the same, even after two months of neatness campaign in Delhi. There are stacks of garbage in many areas and public toilets are unusable. Although the corporation claims that garbage collection has increased, but there is no significant improvement in the ground level situation. The liberation of waste to Delhi was limited to the selfie of leaders. Even after two months of neatness campaign in Delhi, the waste problem remains the same. Nihal Singh, New -Delhi. The neatness drive in Delhi for two months will end on Thursday, but the national capital has not yet been able to reach ‘freedom of Delhi’. This campaign, which was started under the name “Delhi to Liberation from Waste”, is limited to the selfies of leaders and photos taken with broom in clean areas. Remove ad, just read the news, most of the areas of Delhi are stuck with dirt as before. In addition, it can be seen that cattle eat waste and spread dirty. The situation remains the same in government offices. Trees and grass have grown in many places on the walls. The parks are covered with fallen leaves. Although some areas have improved after the campaign, it is still similar to a decline in the ocean. The government of Delhi launched a ‘liberation of garbage’ on August 1 to commemorate the Independence Day in collaboration with Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) and other local bodies. Later it was expanded to October 2 on the occasion of Seva Pakhwara commemorating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. In this way, almost two months have passed since the start of the campaign. However, from East Delhi to old Delhi, the outer Delhi and Western Delhi, the situation remains the same. There are stacks of garbage along the roads in areas such as Dariyaganj, Chandni Chowk, Ballimaran, Matia Mahal, Karol Bagh and Paharganj. In Western Delhi, the beauty -powered showed some impact on the fan road. It became clearer than before. However, the situation in other areas remains the same. Najafgarh Metro Station, Dwarka Mor, Uttam Nagar West and Uttam Nagar East remain unsatisfactory. In the outer Delhi there are stacks of garbage in the park on the road near the Ranibagh market and the e-6 block of Sultanpuri. Sultanpuri AB block causes problems for the residents of the garbage. Garbage was distributed near the police post on the road from Mangolpuri Y-Block to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. Garbage dumps in South Delhi mock the neatness campaign. In interiors, main routes, markets, group cottages and even colonies cause garbage dumps for people. Garbage was spread on the streets of the Sanjay colony in Kalkaji Phase-2. According to locals, garbage is not cleaned for a few days. Lieved cows and stray dogs also wander around due to garbage. Shopkeepers, customers and locals are also upset about the dirt near the DDA market in Kalkaji expansion. There is a pile of garbage behind the Vaishali apartment, which has to struggle with the residents with dirt, mosquitoes and smell. The same situation is in many areas, including Sheikh Sarai, Teand, Tughlakabad, Okhla Phase-2 and Phase-3, Harkesh Nagar, Srinivaspuri, Okhla Mandi and Shaheen Bagh. There are also garbage dumps near Kalyanpuri Block-19 in East Delhi. Joshi Colony Colony Community Hall, IP Extension East Guru Angad Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Geeta Colony, Bhajanpura and Brahmapuri, the cleaning system remains insufficient. Although the cleanliness drive does not have much impact on the ground level, the corporation claims that more waste is collected than before. According to the data released by the corporation, earlier garbage collection was 11,300 tonnes per day. Now it’s 13,000 tons per day. During this cleanliness drive, 11,592 kg of garbage was removed from 917 offices during this cleanliness drive. Posters and banners were removed from 41,120 walls and public places. 185 walls are decorated. A night cleaning campaign was run in 312 markets. 1,322 public toilets were cleaned. In August 2025, 12,512 tons of garbage were collected daily. In September 2025, 13.185 tons of garbage were collected daily. 702 Parks were cleaned. 345 Neatness campaigns were fed in slums. Delhi’s public toilets are still unusable. The situation of toilets in government offices and public places is not just limited to dirt, only limited to garbage dump. The situation is that Delhi’s public toilets are still unusable. In some places the urinals are broken, then there are no lights in some places. There is no water supply in some areas. The level of sanitation in parks and residential areas has improved. Neatness is an ongoing effort in which citizens and municipal corporations work together. The situation has improved in many areas, and we will continue to work where there is no improvement. We have launched several projects under the beauty drive, including two Bio-CNG plants. – Sandeep Kapoor, Chairman, Environmental Services Committee, MCD