Cash-strapped EDMC seek pvt partnership to build its HQ

NEW DELHI: Struggling with poor financial condition, the east Delhi civic body is forced to look for private partnership to construct its headquarters in Karkardooma.

An estimate of Rs 380 crore has been prepared for construction of the building. But due to lack of funds, tenders have not been invited, Sanjay Kaushik, chairman of Works Committee of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), said.

“Therefore, a decision has been taken to construct the building with private sector’s cooperation. For this, DDA has been asked to relax some conditions,” he said presenting budget estimates of Works department before EDMC standing committee. EDMC’S current headquarters is in Patparganj. The civic body planned to construct a new building since the present one doesn’t have enough space.

Kaushik also said construction of EDMC’S Shahdar(south) zone building in Karkardooma, estimated to cost around Rs 138 crore, has not started yet, as tenders were cancelled.

Tenders were issued four times and were cancelled each time due to different reasons. The process for inviting fresh tenders is on, he said. A loan of Rs 76.45 crore has been taken from the NCR Planning Board for this purpose. Of this, Rs 20 crore has been issued to EDMC as first installment, Kaushik said. NEW DELHI: In a close brush with death, a 40-yearold woman was hit by an out of control Ertiga car driven by a minor boy in South-west Delhi’s Dwarka area. The Delhi Police will urge Juvenile Board to treat the offender as an adult.

The car driven by the minor, had hit the woman and later rammed into another Wagon R car coming out of a housing society gate. The impact of the accident was such that the woman’s upper body was stuck underneath the Wagon R car which had turned turtle due to the impact of the collision. The entire incident has been captured in the CCTV cameras installed at the gate of an apartment.

According to the police, the incident took place on January 1. Kanta Anand (40) a resident of Pink Apartments at Dwarka was hit by the car as she moved out of the apartment.

In the CCTV footage, the 17-year-old boy can be seen speeding and approaching the woman. Anand was standing at the gate and within seconds was flung several metres in the air after being hit by the car.

The car then rams into the Wagon R which turned turtle and the women found herself trapped under the Wagon R .

The boy, who was trying to escape, was beaten up by the public as well. The parents of the boy were at a religious ceremony when the incident took place.

Anand is currently undergoing treatment at the Spinal injury institute. “We want her to recover soon. The doctor informed us that there is a fracture in her hip joint and she would be operated on Wednesday,” said a family member.

Senior police officers on the other hand revealed that the father of the accused has two cases of scuffle registered against him and runs a security agency in the area.

“We are going through all the aspects of the case to take tough action against the boy and his father. We will also move an application to treat the juvenile as an adult. The father of the boy was also issued a challan under the Motor Vehicle Act,” said Surendra Kumar, DCP, South-west.