A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva made the observation after going through a report submitted by a local commissioner appointed by it to inspect the area and submit the findings on the specific issue of waterlogging and drainage South Extension-I and Kushak Nallah.
The court also said the report of the local commissioner (LC), advocate Jayant Mehta, highlighted the "complete apathy on the part of the agencies" - Public Works Department (PWD) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
The directions came after the court perused the report which sasid the drains in the internal lanes of South Extension-I (SE-I) did not have any inlet for water as they were completely concretised.
Wherever inlets are available, these are filled with filth, sewage or debris, the report said and added that same was the case where drains were covered by perforated tiles, which were broken at places and the pieces blocking the water inlets.
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The report also said the width of Kushak Nallah has been constricted to 20 per cent due to construction work of the Barapullah elevated road and added if urgent steps were not taken to clear the debris from the nallah bed, it would not be able to carry the rain or storm water.
On last date of hearing, the high court had said there has been "no progress" in the civic authorities' efforts to deal with the issue of waterlogging which occurs in SE-I every monsoon.