New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance, halting demolition of illegal constructions in Delhi for a year. Relief will be provided to slums, hawkers, vendors, farmhouses, schools, religious institutions, dispensaries and cultural institutions.
The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2007 will grant temporary relief from forcible action against encroachment by slums, hawkers and urban street vendors.
”A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its approval for promulgation of an Ordinance to grant the temporary relief," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said.
It will also give legal cover to unauthorised development in the existing farm houses involving construction beyond permissible building limits and schools, dispensaries and religious and cultural institutions in rural areas built on agricultural land for a period of one year in Delhi.
The Ordinance was necessitated as the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006, that provided a moratorium on the sealing and demolition drives in the capital, lapsed on May 19 this year.
”The Ordinance would provide temporary relief against forcible action so as to avoid undue hardship and also allow for a balanced and well-considered view to be taken on policies involving such unauthorized development thereby to formulate schemes to address these issues,” Dasmunsi added.
The Minister said a Bill will be moved in the Monsoon Session of Parliament to replace the Ordinance.
with agency inputs
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