The Delhi High Court today sought responses from the Centre and AAP government on a PIL claiming lack of toilet facilities in a slum near the Yamuna despite the much publicised Swachh Bharat campaign on cleanliness. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government, police, DDA, and DUSIB and directed them to inspect the slum and file a report on the situation there before August 28, the next date of hearing.

The court was hearing a PIL by three law students, Shabnam, Sonali Chauhan and Nitesh Kumar Mishra, who have claimed in their plea that the slum at Sarai Kale Khan area in south Delhi here has no toilets, bathrooms, and anganwadis.