The National Green Tribunal today rapped the East Delhi Municipal Corporation over its report on a recent fire incident at the Ghazipur landfill site, saying it cannot allow non-compliance of its orders to solve the issue.
Irked at the approach of the corporation, a bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim summoned the Police Commissioner and the Commissioner of the EDMC to appear before it on April 23 and submit a detailed report.
The green panel said except for stating that tenders have been floated, no statement was "forthcoming" from the EDMC about the actual and effective steps being taken to avert the instances of fire in terms of its earlier directions.
Noting that the EDMC lawyer's submission that he did not have instructions from the municipal body and said,"as the situation is serious, we expected serious approach by the corporation which was lacking."
The lawyer had earlier told the NGT that after a major fire on