Initiate Criminal Proceeding Against BJP Councillors, Mayors For Fires At Delhi Landfill Sites: AAP

Several videos showed the blaze churning out dense plumes of smoke and turning the sky hazy grey. Recently, a massive fire had broken out at Ghazipur landfill site.

Smoke rises from the Ghazipur landfill after a fire at the site (Source: Getty)

New Delhi: The AAP on Wednesday demanded that criminal proceedings should be initiated against BJP councillors and mayors of the three municipal corporations for frequent incidents of fire at "garbage hills" located at the borders of the capital.

The remarks came a day after a massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi on Tuesday.

Several videos showed the blaze churning out dense plumes of smoke and turning the sky hazy grey. Recently, a massive fire had broken out at the Ghazipur landfill site.

AAP leader Durgesh Pathak said the three landfill sites, which have taken shape of hills over the years, are "living proof of rampant corruption" prevailing in the three civic bodies under the BJP.

"These garbage hills are BJP's sole gift to the people of Delhi. Fire at these landfill sites have become a regular story. These three garbage hills are living proof of the BJP's rampant corruption in MCD," Pathak said at a press conference.

The creation of the three garbage hills and frequent incidents of fire breaking out there is nothing but "criminal negligence" on the part of the BJP and its leaders as they did not do anything to address the problem, he charged.

"The Aam Aadmi Party demands that a criminal proceeding be initiated against the BJP councillors and all three mayors of the municipal corporations. An FIR must be registered against them for criminal negligence and they should be put behind bars," he added.

Earlier in the day, senior AAP leader and Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the BJP-ruled municipal corporations should have used bulldozers to clear the mountains of garbage in Delhi as he blamed "corruption" in the MCDs for the frequent fires at landfills in the city.

The minister had last night asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to submit a report on the fire at the Bhalswa landfill site within 24 hours.