The LG today said that garbage disposal in the city was the job of the civic body. (Photo: PTI)

The Supreme Court today (July 12) slammed Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal over the issue of garbage management in the city. "You (LG) say you have power, you are a superman. But you do nothing," the top court told the lawyers representing the Delhi LG. The statement came after the L-G today said that garbage disposal in the city was the job of the civic body and he was in charge of monitoring it.

The Supreme Court had asked the Centre and the Delhi government to clarify who could be held responsible for clearing the "mountain loads of garbage" in the national capital those reporting to L-G Anil Baijal or to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

The top court's statement came days after its verdict on the power tussle between the Lieutenant Governor and the Aam Aadmi Party government in which it held that the LG has no independent power to take decisions and is bound by the elected government's aid and advice.

During the hearing on this issue, the court on July 10 had observed that Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the government is doing nothing. It had also slapped fines on 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy.

"You see, Delhi is getting buried under mountain loads of garbage and Mumbai is sinking. But yet, the government does not do anything. When the courts intervene, we are attacked for judicial activism. We are given lectures on separation of powers and encroachment of jurisdiction," the apex court said earlier.

(With inputs from PTI)

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