India, Aug. 21 -- A marathon four-hour meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) standing committee on Wednesday was dominated by discussions on the garbage crisis in several parts of the city, even as the panel cleared at least 16 policy proposals and took up the long-pending audit reports that were delayed due to the non-formation of the committee for over 2.5 years.

Standing committee chairperson Satya Sharma said that one of the key proposals approved was a new policy to use under-utilised MCD community halls for vocational training and skill development. "MCD has a total of 278 community halls, out of which 122 are either lying vacant or are underutilised. These halls will now be used between 3 pm and 8 pm for imparting ...