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Youth Congress Launches 'Behtar Delhi' Drive to Tackle Pollution, Landfills, and Water Shortages

The push sets a December 2026 deadline for clearing garbage mountains to force measurable action on long-ignored city services.

Overview

  • - The Indian Youth Congress, which launched the 'Behtar Delhi' campaign on Friday, billed it as a mass effort led by Ajay Maken, Uday Bhanu Chib, and Devender Yadav with plans to expand to other cities.
  • - Leaders set a December 2026 cutoff to remove all landfill “garbage mountains” and demanded mandatory daily door-to-door waste collection across every colony.
  • - The platform also seeks 24x7 clean drinking water, stronger anti-pollution steps, CCTV in schools for safety, relocation of industrial units out of the city, and public release of Municipal Corporation of Delhi accounts.
  • - Organisers said youth workers will fan out for neighborhood outreach and invited residents to report issues using a campaign poster and a missed-call number, 9811867474.
  • - Positioning the effort as an accountability push, Congress faulted both AAP and the BJP for years of inaction and warned of a larger agitation if authorities ignore the demands.