Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: This is the latest irritant plaguing the waste segregation system in the Capital. Civic agencies in the city have been advised to avoid "polluting and spilling while segregating plastic from general waste at dhalaos'. A senior waste management official said: "We noticed that while the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the New Delhi Municipal Council were doing their bit to ensure that plastic waste is segregated from the general waste, the actual process of sieving was causing pollution and nuisance as the waste was often being left strewed across the area allowing rag-pickers and stray animals to rummage through them.' He added that the matter was also discussed at a recent meeting of senior officials' in-charge of sanitation in the city, where the civic bodies were advised to take immediate preventive action. "For a city that has a dense human population, we cannot allow waste to the strewn across the road polluting the area and exposing the general population to a host of diseases. Now with the monsoon here, the city needs to be prepared to manage its waste. We have conveyed our concerns to the civic bodies' in-charge of waste segregation. Segregation is happening at the cost of hygiene. The problem becomes a source of grave concern when waste at