NDMC clears Jantar Mantar garbage after parked vehicles blocked trucks

India Jul 25, 2026

After days of messy buildup, the NDMC finally cleared heaps of garbage from the Jantar Mantar protest area.

Cleanup was stalled because police barricades and parked vehicles blocked garbage trucks, even though volunteers from the Cockroach Janta Party tried to keep things under control.

NDMC to deploy 30-40 sanitation workers

NDMC got back to work on July 24, sending in two trucks for multiple rounds to tackle the trash mountain.

With so much waste piled up, sorting it wasn't possible, so an NDMC official said the agency would deploy 30 to 40 sanitation workers in shifts for round-the-clock cleaning.

Some spots like Patel Chowk are still clogged, and locals say the smell is pretty rough while waste pickers point out that careless littering made things worse.