India, Sept. 6 -- "You will clean it in two hours if a dignitary is coming", the Supreme Court has said as it slammed the MCD for its inaction in maintaining cleanliness around the Lodhi-era monument "Gumti of Shaikh Ali" in Defence Colony area in the national capital.

Directing the MCD commissioner to hold officers accountable, a bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and S V N Bhatti told him to submit an action plan to deal with the gaps shown by the court commissioner.

"If a dignitary is coming, you will clean it in two hours and keep the area spick and span. Is this the respect you show to our orders? It is very difficult to restrain ourselves but is this the way you behave? Is there any ego issue that you say the archaeology depar...