Delhi’s illegal buildings get immunity till 2020
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet approved on Friday a bill exxten - ing the immunity to illegall c structions in Delhi, prevenn their demolition or sealing December 31, 2020.
Constructions that came between March 2002 and M 2014 were protected under a s cial provision law enacted in 22 with a validity of three yearss
Hindustan Times fir reported that the law would be extended for a second time inn a front-page report on Decemberr 8. Without the latest extension, the law would have lapsed on December 31, 2017.
Illegal constructions are rife in the National Capital, and while there are no recorded figures, officials i n Delhi’s civic administration say the n thousand ousand.
“The government has approved the introduction of the NCT of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2017 during the forthcoming winter session of Parliament. The bill extends the provisions of the NCT of Delhi Laws (Special dred e Provisions) Second Act, 2011 for a further period of three years from 1st January, 2018 to 31st December, 2020,” Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters at a cabinet briefing.
Some prominent illegal contructions t include shops, eateres, high-end designer boutiques nd furniture showrooms along e Mehrauli-gurgaon Road and neighbourhoods such as hahpur Jat and Hauz Khas il llage.
Others O include slums, hospitals, tals schools and religious institutions. SC revives committee that monitored and sealed illegal constructions.