High Court should summon LG Najeeb Jung over waterlogging: Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: With the Delhi High Court lambasting civic bodies over the issue of waterlogging, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said it should "summon" Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung as the post has been upheld as the administrative head by it in a recent verdict.

He termed as "strange" the high court's observation that work has to be executed irrespective of who is at the helm of the government.

"When HC has said that LG is govt, then HC shud summon LG for waterlogging. This is strange. How can High Court not be concerned who is govt? HC says LG is govt and then asks CM to do the job?" the CM said in a series of tweets.

This is strange. How can High Court not be concerned who is govt? HC says LG is govt and then asks CM to do the job? https://t.co/Lv76XSjCID

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 2, 2016

On the Delhi government's submission that its senior officials were not cooperating since the August 4 judgement, the court flatly said yesterday "We are not concerned about who is government and who is not."

It also warned senior Delhi government officials of contempt of court action in case work was not undertaken as per established norms in this regard.

Pulling up the local bodies for passing the buck on each other, the court attributed the severe waterlogging to clogging of drains by plastics and other non-biodegradable materials.