Delhi sealing: Supreme Court questions Kejriwal govt, DDA over proposed amendments in master plan

Delhi | Friday | 9th February, 2018

Summary:

It had also ordered restoration of its 2006 monitoring committee to identify and seal such offending structures. The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi government and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to apprise it whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted before proposing amendments in the Delhi master plan, 2021. The top court also directed the Delhi police commissioner to ensure that protection is given to the members of the monitoring committee so that they can carry out their duties. The monitoring committee, comprising K J Rao, former advisor to the Election Commissioner, Bhure Lal, Chairman, EPCA and Major General (Retd) Som Jhingan, was set up on March 24, 2006, by the apex court. FAR is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built..