New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Delhi High Court, in a recent order, has sought a response from authorities in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) claiming unhygienic living conditions in Mandoli Jail due to the blockage of the drainage system.

PIL has been moved on behalf of a life Convict who is lodged in Tihar Jail number 2.

The petitioner has stated that inmates are being subjected to inhuman conditions due to severe drainage blockage, leading to unhygienic living conditions, foul odour, waterlogging and breeding of disease-causing vectors.

The Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, directed the status report to be filed. "We further direct the respondents to chalk out a plan to find a permanent solution to the i...