India, Aug. 21 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday the Public Works Department (PWD) for its failure to take adequate measures to clean clogged drains in Tihar Jail, leaving inmates in unhygienic conditions.

This was after a bench comprising chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela took note of a report submitted by the Tihar Jail superintendent on August 17, which mentioned that although a new sewer line was laid by the PWD last year, the contractor failed to connect it to the main sewer line, leaving the work incomplete and the blockage unresolved.

The report further noted that despite multiple requests from prison authorities, the PWD did not act, and cleaning efforts only began after the court's intervention. To be s...