India, July 3 -- New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Wednesday pulled up the Capital's municipal bodies for their failure to take adequate action for the maintenance of toilets and public conveniences in the city, saying that the current state of affairs depicted a "disheartening" and "unfortunate" situation.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that although Delhi was staking its claim to organise the Olympics in 2036, the city's condition has remained unchanged for 43 years.

"We (Delhi) are staking our claim to hold the Olympics in 2036. Till then, there will be a long time, but things will remain the same. This issue of toilets is as old as humans. It (this problem) has been there since the 1980s. Su...