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Fire brigade in action at Fatehpur Beri village in New Delhi, dousing garbage that caught fire on the road. Garbage is strewn on the roads of New Delhi and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi seems to worsen the problem by adding to the dumping of waste on our roads! Who will clear the garbage if our municipal authorities are doing not just nothing about it, but worsening the situation? India on the move, someone said? We cannot control the open incineration of garbage in places such as Fatejpur Beri village in New Delhi. Then what is the use of ensuring such tight pollution norms for urban vehicles? This is the supposedly tony enclave of Chhatarpur where farms often sell for as much as US$8 million per acre. This area falls under the #mcddelhi #mcd #municipalcorporationofdelhi #municipalc