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‘SC order to
benefit only some traders’
Farmhouses sold at commercial rates in Noida
Road to decongest
Vikas Marg by March
MCD to conduct fresh
survey of additional roads
Encroachment, order of the day in Gurgaon markets
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Another day of
traffic snarls
DSIIDC gets
invitation from Africa
‘DTC buses cannot ply in UP till accord is signed’
NHRC asks for report in police assault case
Students’ Council Day celebrated
Uphaar case: Court
employee sent to police custody
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‘SC order to
benefit only some traders’
New Delhi, November 23 Mr Parveen Khandelwal, secretary general of CAIT, said that this was a temporary relief till January 31, 2007. This relief had been given only to 42,000 traders. About 5.5 lakh traders were still there who had not been given any relief, he added Of the total 25,000 traders, 18,000 had submitted their affidavits before the court for the voluntary closure of their commercial establishments. However, Congress leaders and councillors, who were apprehending a defeat in the forthcoming municipal elections due to the sealing drive, heaved a sigh of relief following the court order, sources said. Praising
the efforts of the MCD and Urban Development Ministry, the DPCC
president Ram Babu Sharma welcomed the court’s direction in which
traders had been given relief. “The government will make an amendment
in the Master Plan to declare notified roads for commercial or mixed
land use,” he said. The Chairman of the Standing Committee said that councillors in the Capital were happy over the court order. Giving
credit to the MCD and the Central government, he said, “This has been
possible because of the efforts by the corporation and the Union Urban
Development Ministry.” Meanwhile, the Leader of Opposition in the MCD, Mr Subhash Arya, also expressed reservation over the order, saying what would happen after January 31. He accused the Congress of misguiding traders by giving baseless statements. |
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Farmhouses sold at commercial rates in Noida
Ghaziabad, November 23 The task force of western UP stamps department has raided over a dozen builders in Greater Noida who have allegedly sold farmhouses at commercial rates. The task force has taken over the possession of all such properties. Joint Commissioner, Western Zone, Ajay Kumar Goel said stamp duty with penalty will be recovered from all the buyers of these properties. He said these people have evaded stamp duty worth Rs 50 lakh which will be recovered from them. The western region stamp duty commissioner had received a tip-off that a large number of farmhouses have been developed in Noida, Greater Noida and other districts which are being sold at price ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500 per sq yard. Registries of such properties are being done at Rs 1.50 lakh per bigha as agricultural land, thus depriving the state exchequer of a sizeable revenue. The task force, set up at the commissioner’s orders, has raided over a dozen such builders who have fleeced the government by selling the land at agricultural rates. These farms have been set up on village land in Jaganpur, Doab, Gulistanpur, Nangla Nangli, Nangla Behrampur and Dostapur villages. Fencing, electric poles, huts and tubewells have been completed in these farms. According to Mr Goel, the forms published by these builders and other documents have been seized and a notice is being issued to all of them. He said in the first phase, revenue amounting to Rs 50 lakh will be recovered from these builders and later task force will nab similar culprits in other districts of western UP. |
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Road to decongest
Vikas Marg by March
New Delhi, November 23 Dr Walia made a round of the Disused Canal, Geeta Colony Bridge, Marginal Bundh Road and the entire Ring Road to take stock of progress of the construction work at the sites. He
disclosed that the 3-kilometer Disused Canal Road from Karkari Mor to MB
Road would be operational by March 2007. The new road would help in substantially
decongesting the Vikas Marg. He added that a new technology was being utilised for construction of this road, which makes RCC Motorable within two hours of its laying. The road is being constructed over a drain and a 2-meter wide opening in between is being provided for cleaning of drain. The Minister disclosed that two engineers would make visits to Germany to study mechanised cleaning through the two-meter wide opening. The Disused Canal road will have four-lane, two-service lane and two footpaths. In order to provide relief to the choking Vikas Marg, while framing Master Plan 2001, it was decided that the existing Disused Canal may be converted in to traffic corridor and be developed as a feeder to a new bridge over Yamuna near Geeta Colony. |
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MCD to conduct fresh
survey of additional roads
New Delhi, November 23 Briefing reporters after a meeting of a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on sealing, the Union Urban Development Minister, Mr S Jaipal Reddy, said the MCD would carry out a fresh survey and prepare an additional list of roads that could be notified for commercial or mixed land use. Welcoming
the Supreme Court’s reprieve to more than 18,000 traders who have
filed fresh undertakings stating that they have closed down their
commercial establishments in residential areas, Mr Reddy said, “It is
perhaps for the first time in the history of independent India that the
government has gone to court seeking relief for people.” He said
that one per cent traders who had big showrooms and would be required to
create parking spaces in pursuance of the court order would be given
assistance by the government in doing so. Mr Reddy made it clear that
in the posh A and B category colonies, commercial activities would be
allowed only on the ‘Master Plan’ roads and not on the inner roads. He, however, said the Central notification permitting mixed land use in residential areas had the provision that commercial establishments could be allowed in such areas if the RWAs made a request in this regard. “We
have received some requests from the RWAs and we will consider them,”
Mr Reddy said. |
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Encroachment, order of the day in Gurgaon markets
Gurgaon, November 23 Sadar Bazaar, New Railway Road, Old Railway Road and Gurdwara Road are the areas where almost all shop owners have encroached upon five to 15 foot space on the main road in front of their shops. Sanju Jain, a leading shopkeeper, regretted that the roads in Sadar Bazaar, the main market of the district, are used by the shopkeepers to display their commodities. Municipal Council had recently made a footpath before the shops in Sadar Bazaar so that pedestrians could use it. But the shopkeepers have occupied the footpath, Mr Jain lamented. About five to 10 foot of the space is covered with saleable items to attract the customers. Some shopkeepers have even let out open space in front of their shops to ‘rehri’ owners who sell fruit and other items, caring little for the visitors. The shopkeepers at New Railway Road and Old Railway Road have gone to the extent of covering even more than 15 feet and are blocking the road in front of their shops, pointed out advocate Arun Sharma, a resident of New Railway Road. The district administration and vyapar mandals take no action to remove encroachments. The office-bearers at different vyapar mandals in various markets serve their own political interests and have nothing to do with the welfare of the markets or the visitors, alleged a shop owner, Mr Ashok Gupta. The administration is equally responsible for the present state of affairs as in every press conference, the issue is raised but the officials just offer lip service and claim that the action would be initiated against the defaulters. Recently, Mr Y K Gupta, Executive Officer of the Municipal Council, said that the MC would take stringent action to remove encroachments. Even the MC’s councillors have passed the resolutions a number of times to remove them, but no action has been taken. Ironically, the prices of shops are decided after considering the space in front of them. However, Mr V K Jain, president of Gurgaon Vyapar Mandal, said some MC officials and policemen take a fixed amount from the shopkeepers and ‘rehri’ owners and allow them to usurp the public land. On the other hand, the shopkeepers occupy the land to display the goods on road to attract the customers. If the administration and shopkeepers do not wake up, the day is not far off when Gurgaon markets would lose their importance. The fully air-conditional malls and the state-of-the-art markets have already started attracting a number of customers from the old markets, said Mr Jain. |
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Another day of
traffic snarls
New Delhi, November 23 Major traffic snarls were witnessed in many parts of the Capital as vehicles were diverted due to the rally taken from Ram Lila Maidan to Barakhamba fly over, in the heart of the city. Traffic
was badly affected in the busy Connaught Place and Vikas Marg. The
traffic will be affected tomorrow also as the Sikh Gurudwara Management
Committee is taking out a procession to commemorate the martyrdom of
Guru Tegh Bahadur.—OC |
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DSIIDC gets
invitation from Africa
New Delhi, November 23 The Delhi Industries Minister, Mr Mangatram
Singhal, said, “The houses DSIIDC has built in Bawana are of good
quality and are economical because it used low-cost technology in their
construction.” “The DSIIDC has already got invitations from
some African countries to build such houses for them,” he said. Mr Singhal said that the DSIIDC would be building 40,000 houses in Delhi for weaker sections by Commonwealth Games 2010. |
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‘DTC buses cannot ply in UP till accord is signed’
Noida, November 23 The letter has alleged that DTC was plying its buses in UP without an agreement so these have been seized under rules. Earlier, Delhi Principal Secretary had in his letter alleged that DTC buses had been seized in UP against rules and this was causing hardships to the passengers. The DTC buses should be freed immediately, it had urged. According to Regional Transport officer, Noida, Vinay Kumar Singh, the Secretary’s letter has said that Delhi officials should come to Lucknow for a meeting to sort out all the problems and that till an agreement was signed, DTC buses cannot ply in UP. The UP Secretary had in his letter also mentioned that Delhi letter was silent as to under which rules UP Roadways buses were seized in Delhi and why these buses were not being released. Till these points are sorted out, DTC buses will not be released by UP, the official said. But it is the daily passengers—office-goers, traders, students and those who have to go to railways stations in Delhi and ISBTs who are the worst sufferers of this impasse. The Ghaziabad passengers can somehow reach the temporary bus stand at Kosambi but even buses having all-India permits are stopped as soon as they enter Delhi. |
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NHRC asks for report in police assault case
New Delhi, November 23 Taking suo motu cognisance of a news report which said that Jirender Singh Sandhu was beaten for about 20 minutes as he had asked the policemen to behave properly, the NHRC has directed that a copy of the news report be sent to the DGP, Haryana. The Commission demanded that the outcome of the departmental inquiry be intimated to them. It said that the whole incident raised a serious issue of violation of human rights of the citizens. According to the news report that appeared in a national daily on November 17, Sandhu was taking a stroll with his daughter when two policemen stopped them and asked what they were doing. They also asked him the identity of the girl. When Sandhu told them that she was his daughter, the policemen expressed doubts and asked whether it was actually so or whether she was of loose morals. When Sandhu asked then to behave properly, they allegedly took him to the police post and beat him up. According to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurgaon, the three policemen involved in the incident have been suspended, pending a departmental inquiry into the incident. |
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Students’ Council Day celebrated
New Delhi, November 23 Dr Kem inspired the students with his motivational address, saying that Mata Sundri College was centrally located. It could attract very good students if it had a hostel. The UGC could give Rs 2 crore for the construction of a hostel. Mr Balbir Singh Vivek Vihar, Chairman, Governing Body, presided over the function. Mr Harinder Pal Singh, Treasurer, Governing Body, graced the occasion. Mr Amarjit Singh Chawla and Mr Harpal Singh, both Governing Body members, also graced the occasion. The college Principal, Dr Satnam Kaur, welcomed the dignitaries present. Swati
Kanodia, president of the Students’ Council, presented the report. There was a cultural fiesta and DJ for the students, which was thoroughly enjoyed by them.
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Uphaar case: Court
employee sent to police custody
New Delhi, November 23 The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate sent Dinesh Chand Sharma, a former record keeper of the court who was arrested yesterday, to police custody till November 27. |
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