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On: April 5 2018 04:38 PM
[h=1]SC wants commercial establishments in residential areas of Delhi to be demolished[/h] The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government what it has done about commercial establishments in residential areas in Delhi and when will these be demolished.IANS | April 05, 2018, 11:00 IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government what it has done about commercial establishments in residential areas in Delhi and when will these be demolished. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta said it was going to spare small traders that sell essential commodities like milk and bread in the residential areas but the big car showrooms, cloth showrooms, shops and restaurants, which are operating without any fire safety norms in residential areas, would have to go. The bench also referred to the last year's fire incident in restaurants at Kamala Mills compound in Mumbai in which several people died. It said several restaurants were operating from first floor of the buildings in residential areas in Delhi without any fire safety clearance. "It is a 30-year-old problem (unauthorised constructions and colonies in Delhi). What have you done in these 30 years. The MCD was granting licences left, right and centre without having any concern for anybody. There is gross misuse of commercial establishments in residential areas. You have a 30-year explanation to give to the people of Delhi," said the bench. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A.N.S. Nadkarni, representing the Centre, said any commercial establishments in residential areas which were violating law would not be allowed to operate. The ASG told the bench that striking down the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006 and subsequent legislations, which protect unauthorised construction from being sealed, was not a solution and said the court should monitor the issue and authorities should be asked to perform their duties in a time-bound manner. On ASG's suggestion to monitor the issue, the bench said: "We are not policemen. Why should we do it? Does the Supreme Court has nothing more to do?". "When the Supreme Court says something, it is said there is judicial activism and judicial overreach... The Indian government can shut its eyes but we cannot. We have the constitutional obligations." The ASG said the Centre would hold discussions with all authorities concerned including the Delhi government, the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/dda"]DDA[/URL], the civic bodies and the court-appointed monitoring committee and come up with suggestions. During the hearing, the bench also said: "The people of Delhi are suffering. Children are suffering. Our lungs are already damaged. Lungs of our children will also be damaged. Why? Because the Union of India, the Delhi government, the DDA, the MCDs say 'you can do whatever you want but we will not do anything'." The bench was hearing pleas relating to the validity of the legislations that protect unauthorised construction from being sealed in Delhi. In December last year, while expressing concern over rampant illegal construction in Delhi, the apex court said the authorities do not appear to have carried out their statutory duties in preventing illegal construction and ordered restoration of its 2006 monitoring committee to identify and seal such offending structures. [url]https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/sc-wants-commercial-establishments-in-residential-areas-of-delhi-to-be-demolished/63621511[/url]
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Posted by: MANOJa
On: April 5 2018 04:39 PM
[h=1]Tunnelling through history, how Delhi Metro overcame odds[/h] At many locations, stations had to be redesigned, including at the upcoming Ashram Station on the Pink Line that passes though the busy Ring Road, a DMRC spokesperson saidPTI | Updated: April 05, 2018, 15:44 IST NEW DELHI: From boring machines getting stuck during tunnelling work, stalling project timelines to evacuation of people from some of the most densly-populated areas, the road to the Walled City was not easy for the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/delhi+metro"]Delhi Metro[/URL], which surmounted these daunting challenges with innovation. The transporter today said the Heritage Line (Central Secretariat-Kashmere Gate corridor of the Violet Line) was one of the shortest corridors (9.37 km) of the Phase-III network, but it turned out to be the "biggest challenge" in the phase. "During tunnelling work between Delhi Gate and Jama Masjid stations, and at Azadpur station (of Pink Line), tunnel boring machines (TBMs) got stuck due to various constraints. We had to use innovative techniques to overcome them, so as to avoid the delay in the project," [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/delhi+metro+rail+corporation"]Delhi Metro Rail Corporation[/URL]'s Managing Director, Mangu Singh, said. He was interacting with reporters at the launch of 'Delhi Metro: Phase-III Challenges', a compilation of the engineering feats achieved and the challenges encountered during the construction of the Heritage Line and two other major corridors -- Janakapuri West-Botanical Garden (Magenta Line) and Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar (Pink Line). The Kalkaji Mandir-Botanical Garden stretch of the Magenta Line was inaugurated last December, while the Majlis Park-Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section of the Pink Line was opened last month, taking the total operational span of the rapid transit network to 252 km. Anuj Dayal, author of the volume and executive director (Corporate Communications) said the Phase-III project was initially supposed to only span 103 km, but with network expanding in Ghaziabad, Noida, Ballabgarh and other parts of the NCR, the length got extended to about 160 km. "With Heritage Line and two of the recent corridors being opened, about 62 km of the Phase-III network has been covered. With completion of this phase, the operational span of the Delhi Metro will increase to over 360 km, and the Delhi Metro would rank five among the global rapid transit networks," Singh said. Sharing the challenges faced in constructing the Heritage Line that passes through the historic Shahjehanabad area, dotted with numerous historic buildings, the Delhi Metro chief said, in a tunnelling stretch near the congested Golcha Cinema area, multiple TBMs had to be deployed to complete the job, after one TBM got stuck. Besides, at Golcha shaft, TBM3 and TBM5 of 5.7 m diameter each were from a Chinese company, while TBM4 was of Herrenknecht with a diameter of 5.8 m. So, to counter the issue of different diameters of TBMs, a 90 mm plate was welded inside TBM 3 and TBM5 to retain the uniformity of the tunnel, according to the publication. Also, in the Old Daryaganj area, with a number of houses in dilapidated condition, local residents were evacuated twice during tunnelling on the Heritage Line. "A total of 2,000 people were evacuated with around 650 people evacuated in a single go. They were put up in various guest houses in nearby areas, and the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/dmrc"]DMRC[/URL] also repaired and restored their houses before shifting them back. Vertical support were given to all structures in the area during the tunnelling process," the publication said. On ruins of the Akbarabadi Mosque being found under the Subhas Park in Daryaganj during the work, Dayal said, the entire alignment was changed and we had to go underneath the existing houses, so no geo-technical survey could be conducted there. "We encountered granite rock underneath during the construction of the entire Heritage Line, but we overcame the odds and, New Delhi was connected to the heart of Old Delhi on the Metro network," he said. At many locations, stations had to be redesigned, including at the upcoming Ashram Station on the Pink Line that passes though the busy Ring Road, a DMRC spokesperson said. "At Ashram station the length of the station was turning out to be an issue in expanding the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/infrastructure"]infrastructure[/URL], so we created a mezzanine floor there," he said. After the completion of Phase-II also, a compendium of the major engineering challenges, was released and sent to all the major academic institutions and libraries, the spokesperson said. "The DMRC had also made a documentary film on its Phase-2 challenges. The film had received a National Award ('Rajat Kamal) in 2011 in the 'Best Promotional Film: Non-Feature Films' category. An audio-visual documentation of Phase-III construction has also been done so that a similar film could be produced in the days to come," he said. [url]https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/infrastructure/tunnelling-through-history-how-delhi-metro-overcame-odds/63621664[/url]
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Posted by: MANOJa
On: April 5 2018 06:33 PM
[B]Streets running out of space for garbage[/B] TNN | Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 12:23 IST Representative Image [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-63619043,width-400,resizemode-4/63619043.jpg?imglength=550060[/IMG] NEW DELHI: The [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bandh"]strike[/URL] by the safai karamcharis of North Delhi Municipal [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Corporation"]Corporation[/URL] has caused a complete breakdown of [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/sanitation"]sanitation[/URL] services in many [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/delhi"]west Delhi[/URL] areas. On Wednesday, roads and central verges in popular markets, including Karol Bagh, Gaffar Market, Ajmal Khan Road and Arya Samaj Road, were reeking of [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/garbage"]garbage[/URL] that had accumulated over a week. With a resolution of the demand of the sanitation workers' unions nowhere in sight, the situation is likely only to deteriorate. [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/img/63619042/Master.jpg[/IMG] With the possibility of diseases breaking out, shopkeepers are an anxious lot. Rakesh Kumar, who sells eatables at Gaffar Market, said, "The shop owners have been throwing garbage on the central verge and at street corners, but we have run out of space. Parking lots, intersections and roundabouts have now become dustbins. There are dead animals lying around, and there could be an outbreak." Some employees are sitting on an indefinite hunger strike outside the Civic Centre on Minto Road — headquarters of the north and south corporations — and the protesting safai karamchari unions have demanded early payment of salary arrears, regularisation of long-serving irregular employees, access to medical services, and the release of pension/gratuity and other benefits to retired personnel. Rajender Mewati, general secretary of the United Front of MCD Employees, said on Wednesday, "We will continue our agitation till our demands are met. We have contacted other workers' unions and they are expected to join the stir. The municipal corporation cannot keep on postponing welfare of the sanitation workers through mere assurances." The workers have been in ferment for several days now. The demonstrators organised a march to Parliament on Tuesday, intending to highlight their demands there, but were stopped near the Maharaja Ranjit Singh flyover creating a traffic gridlock that lasted over three hours. Besides the sanitation workers, over 35,000 employees of the north civic body and 18,000 employees of the east corporation too haven't received their salaries for varying periods. Meanwhile, residents of several localities are condemned to live in insufferable conditions. TOI visited residential areas in Patel Nagar, Karol Bagh and Rajender Nagar to assess the deteriorating sanitation conditions there. Niharika Gupta, a housewife who lives in Karol Bagh, was aghast. "I have a baby and I am always conscious that he will catch infection. The corporation is playing with our lives," she exclaimed. "Even private workers who used to come and pick up garbage from our houses have ceased work. It has been almost 10 days and now the streets have turned into garbage dumps." [B]Many residents' welfare associations complained that the striking employees were preventing private workers from clearing the mess. S P Mudgal, a member of the Maya Vihar RWA near Mayapuri, said that union workers had snatched brooms from people who are cleaning the area. "Pretty soon the entire situation will go out of hand," Mudgal feared.[/B] Tilak Raj Kataria, chairman of the north corporation's standing committee, appealed to the workers on Wednesday to resume work in the interest of public health. "We have convened a meeting of officials of the labour welfare and environment maintenance services departments to discuss all issues related to safai karamcharis," Kataria said. "The civic officials will also meet the representatives of workers unions and find a way out of the imbroglio. We hope for positive results." [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/streets-running-out-of-space-for-garbage/articleshow/63618150.cms"]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/63618150.cms[/URL]
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Posted by: MANOJa
On: April 5 2018 06:35 PM
[h=1]Seal big shops in Delhi's residential areas: SC[/h] Amit Anand Choudhary| TNN | Updated: Apr 5, 2018, 01:52 IST [IMG]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-63618971,width-400,resizemode-4/63618971.jpg[/IMG] NEW DELHI: In a bid to control Delhi's urban chaos, the [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/supreme-court-of-india"]Supreme Court[/URL] asked the Centre on Wednesday to seal large shops, showrooms and restaurants being run illegally in residential colonies even as it spared slums and unauthorised colonies for the present. A bench of Justices [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Madan-B-Lokur"]Madan B Lokur[/URL] and [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Deepak-Gupta"]Deepak Gupta[/URL]decided to defer action against the poor people living in slums and jhuggi-jhopri clusters on the grounds that they do not have any alternative place to stay. The bench said businesses being run by rich people would not be spared and asked the Centre not to treat Delhi residents like "cattle" by depriving them of basic amenities as every person has the right to live with dignity. While admitting that Delhi faces a severe crisis due to illegal and unauthorised constructions, additional solicitor general A N S Nadkarni, however, said the Centre could not be blamed for it entirely and that the Delhi government, DDA and municipal bodies are equally responsible for the prevailing situation. Elaborating its directions, the bench said, "We are not looking at small traders and we are not touching [URL="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/slum-dwellers"]slum dwellers[/URL] and residents of jhuggi-jhopri (clusters). We are looking at people who are running five-star restaurants and big showrooms from residential colonies. These are people creating problems as they are running their businesses illegally and without following any of the norms, including the safety norms. We saw what happened in the Kamala Mills fire tragedy (in Mumbai)." The court said commercial complexes in the city had grown alarmingly and it is creating problems of traffic congestion and pollution. "Our lungs are already damaged due to pollution and lungs of children would also suffer because the Centre is not doing anything. You (Centre) have the power but you are not exercising that power. The Centre can turn a blind eye towards these problems but we cannot," the bench said. Facing the heat for protecting unauthorised construction in Delhi for more than a decade, the Centre assured the court that "affluent people" will not be protected for running their businesses from residential premises and such shops could be demolished, if needed. Nadkarni pleaded that the apex court should monitor the sealing and demolition drive as it will ensure that all authorities work harmoniously. The Centre assured the court that it would sit with all the authorities concerned to find a solution to the problem and sought time to frame a holistic and comprehensive plan. Advocate A D N Rao, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae, said police were not providing protection to the monitoring committee which is conducting the sealing drive in the city. He said it was not possible for the committee to carry out the task as residents were opposing the drive. Nadkarni, however, assured that police security would be provided to members of the committee. The apex court had, in March 2006, ordered the sealing of all unauthorised constructions in the city and appointed a monitoring committee which was given the task to conduct and monitor the sealing drive. The committee comprised former Election Commission adviser K J Rao, Environment Pollution Control Authority chairman Bhure Lal and Maj Gen Som Jhingan. The court had also directed sealing of those residential premises which were used for commercial purposes. The sealing drive went on till January 2012 when the court asked the committee not to proceed further as the government had brought in force Master Plan 2021 for regularising some of the illegal constructions. But the apex court, in December last year, revived the committee and directed it to resume sealing, saying the authorities were protecting the vested interests of those with little or no respect for the rule of law and also stayed the amendment in Master Plan 2021 which allowed mixed land use. [url]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/seal-big-shops-in-citys-residential-areas-sc/articleshow/63618971.cms[/url]
With warm regards,
Team IREF
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Posted by: MANOJa
On: April 5 2018 07:18 PM
[h=1]Why no civic amenities given to Sainik Farms? Delhi HC asks[/h] A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Deepa Sharma said if the authorities agree that the retired army personnel are not in illegal occupation of the area, why civic amenities cannot be extended to themPTI | Updated: April 05, 2018, 16:45 IST NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/aap+government"]AAP government[/URL] and the [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/south+delhi+municipal+corporation"]South Delhi Municipal Corporation[/URL] ([URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/sdmc"]SDMC[/URL]) why civic amenities could not be provided to properties of retired army personnel living in [URL="https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/sainik+farms"]Sainik Farms[/URL] whereas such facilities were being given to unauthorised colonies. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Deepa Sharma said if the authorities agree that the retired army personnel are not in illegal occupation of the area, why civic amenities cannot be extended to them. "You (authorities) are giving civic amenities to unauthorised colonies," it said. The court asked the retired army personnel, represented by senior advocate Kirti Uppal, to withdraw their plea for civic amenities and move a detailed representation on the issue before the SDMC. The corporation was directed by the bench to dispose of the representation within eight weeks. The central government's standing counsel Monika Arora, appearing for the SDMC, said that the representation would be disposed of expeditiously. The bench said that if the statutory authorities do not perform their duties, the retired army personnel can approach the court again. [url]https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/why-no-civic-amenities-given-to-sainik-farms-delhi-hc-asks/63628098[/url]
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