New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the government to set up a committee of senior officials from various agencies to solve the problem of waterlogging, saying it expected results so that “people don’t rush to court every time there is waterlogging”. It also summoned the CEO of Delhi Jal Board, irked over non-representation by the Board. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Vipin Sanghi directed the government to include senior officers from the three municipal corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and irrigation department in the panel. It suggested that the government can also rope in experts from IIT, whose task will be to evolve a mechanism to desilt drains and prevent waterlogging. “Hold discussions. All the heads of corporations and stakeholders should form a committee including experts,” the bench instructed, clearly unhappy with efforts made by authorities. Giving the government a week to report back on structure of the committee, HC said it expected the panel to hold frequent meetings for short-term measures to address the problem. HC was hearing a batch of pleas charging the civic agencies with non-compliance of the court's July 11 order, which directed them to take steps to end the menace in 15 days. NGO Nyaya Bhoomi and an advocate Gaurav Bansal urged the court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the officials of the civic bodies. One of the petitions had complained that MCD and PWD have done nothing significant after 1998 to properly desilt drains and this has been causing waterlogging on major roads even after the slightest of rain. Giving a list of 41 waterlogging-prone areas, the petition referred to a response received under an RTI query and said the affected areas included Ashram Chowk, South Extension Part-I, Mathura Road, ISBT Kashmere Gate, RTR Marg near Moti Bagh flyover, Siri Fort Road and Dhaula Kuan underpass. NDMC had earlier claimed no complaint of waterlogging was reported in its area.