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DDA has no power to amend Master Plan: HC
Lid off dacoity case in Noida
Business as usual at poultry
market
Delhi Govt plans to have multi-storeyed parking
One-time lease ended; Noida to get 63 times more lease rent
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Ban overloading of three-wheeler load carriers: Experts
Govt must stop giving raw deal to judiciary: Ex-CJI
Institution of Engineers inks MoU with Vellore centre
DU college students to hold seminar on incest
Cyber crime case registered
NAD protest against French ban on turbans
Forest cover
Four
held for snatching
Cultural festival held
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DDA has no power to amend Master Plan: HC
New Delhi, February 19 Setting aside the order of a single Judge, a Division Bench of Mr Justice Markandeya Katju and Mr Justice Madan B. Lokur declared as “illegal” and “unauthorised” a resolution circulated by the DDA in which it was stated that development control norms applicable to nursery schools alone would apply for all plots carved out of such school
lands. In a resolution dated April 28, 1998, the DDA ordered that development control norms for nursery school plots alone would apply if the said land was utilised for other community facilities. In other words, even if community halls, post offices, power sub-stations, child welfare centres etc are set up they should be constructed only as per the infrastructural layout norms prescribed for nursery school. The said resolution was challenged by the S S Jain Sabha after the DDA and the MCD refused to given sanction for construction of a community hall at Ashok Vihar on the ground that the land was initially earmarked for a nursery school. Though the Union Ministry for Urban Development, through a notification dated September 20, 2005, mandated such change of land use for community benefits, the DDA officials brought out the said resolution to nullify the effect. A single Judge of the high court upheld the DDA resolution following which the organisation appealed before the Division Bench. The Bench noted that neither the original Master Plan nor the amendment made by the Centre carved out any such exception for additional use of land. “Even otherwise, it is logical and rational that a community hall should be constructed and used as per norms of a community hall and not as per norms of a nursery school,” the Bench observed. The court pointed out that the DDA’s contention implies that a community hall must run in a nursery school which was wholly illogical, irrational and unintelligible. “The DDA has no jurisdiction to resolve contrary to the Master Plan and, therefore, the resolution relied on by it is unauthorised and illegal,” the Bench said while upholding
the appeal.
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Lid off dacoity case in Noida
Noida, February 19 The dacoits had then decamped with jewellery and Rs 25,237 besides a number of electronic gadgets at gunpoint from the family of Mr Rakesh Mohan
Bakshi. Seven of the criminals involved in the crime have been arrested, including two by the Haryana police in
Panipat. Giving details of the police action, SSP Piyush Mordia said that a police team under SOG incharge, Jaspal Singh, SO incharge Sector 49 police, Vishwajeet, and SI Vinode Pande, SI Sanjay Bajpai got the information that the dacoity was the handiwork of a Bangladeshi gang of criminals which was hiding in the house of Dharmendra Singh in Agahpur village. The gangsters were trying to dispose of the looted goods before escaping to Bangladesh. Under police CO II R.K. Gautam, the police team raided the house of Dharmendra and arrested five criminals and also recovered the valuables. Those arrested include
Farukh, Munir, and Rafique, all of Bangladesh; Irfan and Suleman of
Dholna, Ghaziabad. Another two Vaplal and Gulal had been arrested by the Harayana police, the SSP said. SSP Mordia informed that the valuables including jewellery, cash and electronic gadgets had also been recovered from the gangsters. Even valuables looted by the gang in other places in Noida, Delhi and Panipat have also been seized. Mr Rakesh Mohan Bakshi, in whose house the dacoity had taken place, said that they had got their valuables back and their confidence in the police force had been restored. The RWA of the sector opined that the Noida Authority must construct a boundary wall around Sector 44.
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Business as usual at poultry
market
New Delhi, February 19 In fact, the arrival of chicken at Delhi’s biggest poultry market, Ghazipur, was “higher than normal,” resulting in a dip in prices during the weekend, claims local market committee chairman Kamal Kant. “As against 120 trucks (of chicken) yesterday, the inflow was 170 trucks today, mainly from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab,” Mr Kant said. The prices of chicken fell from Rs 38 per kg yesterday to Rs 28-32 a kg today, Mr Kant said, attributing it to the higher supply here. As of now, there is no sign of panic or cases of bird flu reported in this region. “So, there was no scare,” he said. Tomorrow also, he said, “We expect more arrival and the price may be on the lower side.”
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Delhi Govt plans to have multi-storeyed parking
New Delhi, February 19 But the idea was left behind because of opposition from the then local MP, Mr Vijay Goel. However, the Municipal Commissioner had withdrawn the proposal when lacunae in the proposal were pointed out by the BJP-led opposition. The newly appointed Municipal Commissioner, Mr A. K. Nigam, had not yet made up his mind to table the proposal again and the parking problem is as it was. Sources in the Delhi Government say that the Master Plan 2021 may provide some relief and boost the business of the shoppers at mall as it has some plan to construct multi-storied parking places. It will be mentioned in the bylaws that arrangement of parking for certain number of vehicles must be made at each shopping centre. For instance, if a shopping mall is being built in an area of 100, 000 square feet it has to spare the place for parking 300 cars at one time. Till now, they are required to spare place for parking for 200 cars. The sources said that companies specialising in constructing such buildings would be engaged for this purpose by the authorities concerned.
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One-time lease ended; Noida to get 63 times more lease rent
Noida, February 19 Payment of advanced lease rent has been introduced instead in the new system under which, allottees will have to pay lease rent every 10 years. The authority will now get 63 times lease rent over a lease period of 90 years as against 11 times till now. In yet another decision property, except commercial property, once cancelled will not be revived and restored before six months. The Chief Executive Officer of Noida Authority Sanjiv Saran informed that decision in all but two of 16 agenda items had been taken in the meeting. The allottees will have to henceforth deposit seven times of 1 per cent land price every 10 years. In case any property with the exception of commercial property, has remained cancelled for over six months, it will not be revived or restored. Building laws in Noida will now be made applicable to the industrial and commercial properties on the pattern. No height limit will now be imposed on commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, Mr Saran said. Even there won’t be any restriction on building nine-storey basements below the ground floor as is being done in South Extension area of New Delhi. The authority will take action under the master plan if an encroachment was made on the Yamuna and Hindon riverbed area. Mr Sanjeev Saran further informed that the proposal has been approved for introducing 250 luxury buses in Noida and Greater Noida. The construction work on three flyovers has been restarted. The authority will introduce computer education in 29 junior schools where 10 computers each will be supplied and a computer teacher appointed in each school. The Greater Noida Authority Board also decided to construct its office complex at a cost of Rs 15 crore over an area of five acre.
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Ban overloading of three-wheeler load carriers: Experts
New Delhi, February 19 The cure was not in restricting their movement during the day from 0800 hrs to 1100 hrs and 1700 to 2200 hrs but in banning overloading, officials from the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) said today. The traffic restrictions placed on such vehicles had already come under criticism from the opposition BJP in the city. There were 17,000 three-wheeler goods carriers registered in Delhi which had a loading capacity of 540 kg to 580 kg with a gross vehicle weight of 1140 kg. But it had been observed that more than 80 per cent of these operated with 75 per cent to 125 per cent excess load than their rated weight carrying capacity. At the same time, these LGVs carry out four to five trips a day in the city. These LGVs carry anything from cement, food grains, flour, pulses, oils, paints, hardware and building material to general merchandise, and many times, the cargo loaded in these three-wheeler goods carriers ranged between 1000 kg to 1500 kg, which was 100 per cent to 200 per cent more than their prescribed/registered load capacity. At the same time, almost 10,000 three-wheeler load carriers operated on CNG run engines, the additional load of which reduced their pay load by 50 to 60 kg, besides CNG run engines, technically, had 20 per cent less pulling power in comparison to diesel-run vehicles. The less pulling power and massive overloading further slowed these vehicles, complicating the problem on Delhi roads. Under the circumstances, it was important and compulsory to curb the overloading of these 17,000 three-wheeler LGVs so that these goods carriages move at efficient speed on the city roads in accordance with their rated engine and load capacity. The overloaded three-wheelers especially moved at snail’s pace (less than a cyclist speed) while negotiating the numerous flyovers in the city and thus became the main reason for causing traffic snarls. The problem caused by movement of these overloaded vehicles as experienced round-the-clock, so limiting their adverse impact to certain hours of the day was not a cure, the IFTRT said. In fact, Section 114 of the Central Motor Vehicle Act 1988 prescribed that overloaded goods carriers had to be booked and a penalty of Rs 3000 was to be imposed if an overloaded vehicle was carrying an extra load of 1,000 kg. Further, driver of the goods carriage could not proceed further unless the vehicle had been brought to the prescribed registered weight limit. The Act also empowered the enforcement authorities to suspend the driver’s license for causing nuisance on the road by overloading the vehicle and also gave powers to punish the owner of the cargo — consignor/loading agent company under Section 199 of the Act. The enforcement agency had to focus its efforts on the goods carriages within the city to prevent movement of goods carriages with specific attention to three-wheeler LGVs. Recently, the Supreme Court in its order dated November 9 last year had asked the state governments to strictly enforce law to ban movement of overloading of goods carriages. Such vehicles caused traffic bottlenecks premature damage to roads/bridges/flyovers, generated air pollution (even with the CNG engine) and posed danger to road safety. Delhi government should use more rational ways of traffic management such as strict compliance of anti-overloading laws in accordance with Supreme Court orders rather than going in for soft option restricting the hours of goods vehicles, IFTRT said. But despite the apex court order it had deferred the checking of entry/exit of overloaded goods carriages on Delhi borders to July 2006 under pressure from loading agents/goods booking companies, it was alleged. The main responsibility for this lies to the Delhi Police whose police personnel allow the overloaded goods carrier vehicles after taking bribe from them. A number of times, the media has exposed police personnel accepting bribe but the senior police officials still have indifferent attitude towards their corrupt police staff. With time, the intensity of implementing the SC order would wither away and the menace of overloaded goods carriages would continue on the city roads, causing traffic snarls and bottlenecks, it added.
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Govt must stop giving raw deal to judiciary: Ex-CJI
Noida, February 19 Dr Anand lamented that while the government makes hefty grants to other branches, it has failed to meet the needs of the judiciary as India has the lowest budget for courts in the world. Speaking at the function on Saturday, he said the judiciary could not be held responsible for a large number of cases pending in courts. Justice Anand said there was one judge for a population of 10 lakh while there is a judge for 127 people in USA and 80
people in UK. There were a total of 750 posts of judges in High Courts where 150 posts were lying vacant, while there were 2000 vacancies among 12000 posts of junior judges in the country. In view of such a large numbers of posts lying vacant, we cannot possibly expect speedy disposal of justice, he said. Speaking on the occasion, District Judge S.N.H. Zadi said there were 41,000 criminal cases and 7,500 civil cases pending in G.B. Nagar District Courts.
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Institution of Engineers inks MoU with Vellore centre
New Delhi, February 19 The MoU was signed by the Chancellor of VIT, Mr G. Vishwanathan, and the Secretary and Director-General of the Institution of Engineers (India), Cdr A. K. Poothia, IN (retd), with an aim of making India ‘Destination Disaster-Free” and start joint initiatives in response to the national call embodied in the National Disaster Management Act which came into being last month. Mr Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Govt of India, congratulated the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Vellore Institute of Technology for taking the initiative to counter the impact of disaster on society for the future. This initiative will motivate different other related agencies and a large fraternity of engineers to address disaster mitigation and Management in an more efficient and effective manner. “Recognising the importance of fostering, promoting and sustaining the culture of safety against all forms of hazards and disasters and both institutes will try to have agreed to evolve a joint Action Plan for 2006-2010, based on perceived national needs,” mentioned Prof (Dr) S. C. Naik, president, Institution of Engineers (India). He said the IEI had been deeply involved with the presentation of plan of action for fighting disaster in the country and its member has significantly contributed in development of the Disaster Management Bill and in identifying activities of Disaster Management Authority of the Government of India. Mr G. Vishwanathan, Chancellor, VIT, speaking on the occasion warned about the coming scenario in the global area on the basis of recent studies wherein it is said that in the last couple of decades, the frequency of natural disasters have increased fivefold, economic losses have shot up by 3.5 times, and the rise in total insured losses is about six times. The year 1988 was regarded as the warmest year in the 130 years’ history. The temperatures of the oceans are rising. The typhoon breeding areas have increased by over 16 per cent during the past 20 years.
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DU college students to hold seminar on incest
New Delhi, February 19 The seminar is a part of a Peer Education Programme (PEP) launched in October 2004 by Raahi Foundation. During the seminar, the students will inform the other students and stakeholders about the profile and modus operandi. The dialogue will be interspersed with video clippings of personal testimonials of nine survivors from the Peer Educators.
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Cyber crime case registered
Gurgaon, February 19 The case was registered on a complaint by Mr Deepak Kumar, owner of Appentecom, whose data was allegedly stolen. According to the complaint, Mr Rana, floated a firm, AR Buldman Pvt Ltd., and stole the software data for its benefit. The case has been
registered under Sections 420,409,120B of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act.
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NAD protest against French ban on turbans
New Delhi, February 19
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A photographer’s concern over rapid deforestation
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 19 Environmentalist, documentary film maker and photographer, Ishwar, like his brother, Mike Pandey, spent years in filming the Himalayas and through films and photographs expressed his concern over the rapid deforestation, which has destroyed most of the forest cover. What is amazing is that Ishwar had the foresight of visualizing this desperate situation almost two decades ago. The exhibition is a must for all those who are concerned about the environment. Voice of a young artist The PSK at the East Delhi Cultural Centre in Laxmi Nagar here is holding an exhibition of the recent works of the young artist, Amit Vardhan. Entitled “Voices”, the exhibition is on till February 28. For Amit Vardhan, a PG Diploma holder from the College of Arts, Delhi University, painting for him is communication, for he can neither hear nor speak. Every painting boasts of some thing original, Amit’s very own unique
and private vision of the world, a world surrounded in silence.
Voices A treat for theatre enthusiasts
The Capital’s cognoscenti couple, Devi and Dilip Cherian, deserve to be commended for providing an opportunity to the theatre enthusiasts to watch Agatha Christie’s, The Mouse Trap, at the Kamani Auditorium here on February 20 The staging of this play, the most successful in the history of theatre, in the Capital is a tribute to Agatha Christie. The Mouse Trap premiered in London in 1952 and since then this classic whodunit has been running continuously making it the longest running play in London. Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Mary, who was a great fan of Agatha, Agatha Christie wrote it originally as a radio play called the “Three Blind Mice”. Later it was turned into a short story while working on the stage version...
The Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and the Oxford Bookstore here are presenting a unique audio visual and photographic journey “Europe on the Ganges” on February 22 at 5.30 p.m. Unbelievable as it may sound now, a virtual miniature Europe once flourished on the banks of this sacred river by the end of the 17th century with British on the East Bank, the French in Chandannagar, the Dutch in Chinsurah, the Danes in Serampore and the Portuguese in Bandel. With an intention to ignite the imagination of utilising the river Ganges as heritage tourism corridor, INTACH commissioned a path breaking study, recorded in an audio visual project report on a CD containing a 10 minute long film. It has an interactive section highlighting each settlement with tourist circuits in each destination and also the requirements with respect to infrastructure, restoration and conservation as well as a plan for operating a catamaran on the route.
In search of Shiva
Exploring Shiva, an exhibition of paintings, is on at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Gallery Number 2, Rabindra Bhawan till February 23. The paintings are by well-known Ghaziabad based artist, Anita Dinesh, who is known for her skill with the brush.
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Four
held for snatching
New Delhi, February 19 The police said the accused allegedly snatched several gold chains, bags and purses from women commuters. The police also claimed to have recovered one scooter, mobile phones and gold chain from their possession. The police said gang was active in the area of Sarojini Nagar, R. K. Puram, Vasant Vihar and Dwarka. The police further said Deen Dayal was a B. C. of Paharganj and due to active surveillance in the area he shifted from there to Milap Nagar in Uttam Nagar. He was allegedly involved in more than 40 cases of criminal activities, including robbery, snatching, theft, hurt and attempt to murder.
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Cultural festival held
New Delhi, February 19 The students put up spectacular extravaganza for its annual cultural show recently. The festival was inaugurated by Prof. M.P. Singh, Director, AIT.
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