India, Dec. 21 -- "Whatever has happened in Delhi in the last 10 months is extraordinary," Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said, asserting that the BJP-led government has begun reversing years of neglect through focused action on waste management, pollution control and infrastructure.

Speaking at the India News Manch during a session titled "Air and Water: Delhi's Master Plan," Sirsa said Delhi, as the nation's capital, remains under constant national and global scrutiny.

"All eyes - from the media to the world - are on Delhi, and that gives us the opportunity to work in the same manner," he said.

Referring to landfill sites, Sirsa said garbage mountains that had become Delhi's identity are now being dismantled.

"Out of 202 acres...