Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Jai Kishan today disrupted proceeding of the Standing Committee. He raised the issue of penalty of lakhs of rupees imposed by the Delhi consumer court on the civic body for not desilting drains. He said if the corporation did not take up the issue in the court sincerely, it would have to pay a penalty of Rs 25 lakh. The corporation has a budget of Rs 37 crore to clean drains but nothing has been done so far. A few drains were desilted but the silt was not removed from the site. During the recent rains, the silt went back into drains. If the attitude of the corporation remains so, the entire national Capital will turn into a slum due to waterlogging in the coming monsoon season, he said. Capt Khavinder Singh, another opposition member, was of the view if NGOs were given contracts for desilting of drains, work could be done in a better way. When the Congress was in power in the corporation, NGOs used to do de-silting work and the results were better. Supporting the leader of opposition, Rajni, BJP councilor, asked the reason for the desilting work not having been done. Officers should be held responsible for this lapse, she said. "We should appeal to the higher court to discuss our case further,' she advised. However, she claimed that this year cleaning work of drains was being done in a better way. Mohan Bhardwaj, another BJP councillor, was of the opinion that the PWD and DDA should be held responsible for waterlogging in city. They have bigger drains in their possession in which water of small drains falls. As the bigger drains are not desilted, water accumulates on roads during rains. Sunil Kakkar, BJP councillor, said there was no lack of safai karamcharis in the corporation but they did not work. Action should be taken against them. Expressing concern over the issue of penalty imposed by the court, chairman of Standing Committee Vijender Gupta that the court had taken up the issue of 2006, 2007 and 2008. The department concerned should handle the issue carefully. Municipal commissioner K. S. Mehra said that desilting of drains had been started from February this year. At least 1,350 drains have been de-silted. But silt was not transported from there to landfill sites. He said the consumer court had taken up the issue of 2006 and 2007. The corporation has to remove 9 lakh metric tonnes of silt from drains which is never done. Hardly 4 lakh tones of silt is transported from drains to landfill sites. As for as the employees' lacklustre performance is concerned, the municipal commissioner said corporation will implement employees information system to see he number of men on duty. Those found not doing their duty will be punished.