New Delhi, October 13: A Delhi court today granted bail to two MCD officials who have been made accused along with 11 others for their alleged inaction in maintaining cleanliness in various localities here despite a specific order of the High Court in this regard.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Ajay Pandey allowed the bail applications of Zameer Ahmed, Assistant Engineer of MCD and Harvinder Singh who is working with the Horticulture Department of the civic body.
The court, while posting the matter for hearing on January 18, 2010, asked the officials to furnish a personal and surety bond of Rs 15,000 each.
Earlier, the ACMM had issued summons on the complaint of B B Sharan, a member of NGO ‘Nyaya Bhoomi’, against 11 officials of MCD and an officer of Delhi Jal Board for not repairing sewage pipes and non-maintenance of roads and parks at Alaknanda and other localities in south Delhi.
It was alleged the civic agencies’ “inaction” was violation of the Delhi High Court’s specific direction to maintain cleanliness in the area.
The complaint was filed under Section 166 (public servant disobeying a direction of law with intent to cause injury to any person) of IPC.
Heaps of garbage on the roads and poorly-maintained roads and parks gave credence to the complaint, the court had said while looking at the photographs of the affected areas.
—Agencies