Is poop falling from planes in Delhi?

Rooftops and terrace floors are reportedly spattered with waste

India’s top environment court is investigating the dumping of human waste by aircraft over residential areas in Southern Delhi.

The National Green Tribunal of India has ordered an investigation following a petition by Lt Gen (Retd) Satwant Singh Dahiya who has sought criminal proceedings against commercial airlines for dumping human waste in his neighbourhood.



It also asked Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to collect any waste found for analysis and the report be placed before the tribunal.

Further, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Ministries of Environment and Forests and Civil Aviation and CPCB.

In his petition, Dahiya has sought creation of a 24-hour helpline for immediate reporting of such incidents and a monitoring mechanism to ensure that no aircraft drops "human soil or excreta" while landing.

"For the past one week in the early morning, we found that walls and floors of terraces of our house splattered with large patches of excreta dumped by aircraft flying in front of Palam airport at night. This is the second time this has happened. Last time it had occurred in early October when we had spent INR 50,000 to get the entire exterior resurfaced with fresh paint," Dahiya said.



"Diwali is only few days away and being the festive season having recently finished fresh coating of the house exterior at considerable experience to clean up the premises. We are again faced with having our walls completed spattered with waste. We are retirle and cannot afford to have this defacement everyday," the plea ed peopsaid.

This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post