Aafrin Kidwai 
Aerial view of New Delhi
The three municipal corporations of Delhi have spent over ₹11,750 crore on sanitation and cleaning services in the Capital over the last five years.
In an official reply to a question in the Delhi Assembly, South MCD shared it had spent Rs 6,284.6 crore, the North MCD spent Rs 4,998.12 crore, while the East corporation spent Rs 476.6 crore on refuse removal, cleaning of drains and other cleaning operations from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
During the last five years, Delhi has witnessed heavy mechanisation of garbage collection, mainly outsourced to private concessionaires at the zonal level, reports the Hindustan Times.
The three civic bodies continue to fare poorly in the sanitation markers and annual Swachh Surveskhan (cleanliness survey) rankings.
