NEW DELHI: Delhi city development minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday requested the Centre to carry an ordinance to stop the continuing sealing drive and also find out a solution to encroachments at the town roads. Participating in a dialogue within the state assembly at the sealing factor, Jain slammed the DDA and BJP-led municipal firms, announcing encroachment is the principle downside, but sealing drive is being carried to "only make money" and bother the buyers.
"I request the central government to bring an ordinance to stop the sealing drive and also find out a solution to the encroachments on roads," the AAP leader stated.
Jain additionally claimed that conversion charges, being taken from buyers to supply reduction from sealing, are just to "make money".
"They (Cxivic bodies) get an order of sealing 20 establishments, but they seal 100 establishments. Later out of 100, they de-seal 80 establishments to make money..." Jain claimed.
The minister stated municipal firms and the police have powers to remove encroachments.
Earlier, AAP MLAs Rituraj Govind, Nitin Tyagi and Saurabh Bharadwaj initiated a brief dialogue on 'issues being confronted by means of Delhiites because of sealing of business houses and urgent need for suitable regulation by means of the Parliament to supply reduction".
The sealing drive, which has been underway at the directions of the Supreme Court-appointed tracking committee, has assumed political overtones in Delhi with the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2020 Assembly polls drawing nearer.
Over 2,200 kilometres of streets and footpaths were encroached upon within the national capital, whose period is almost like travelling from right here to Kanyakumari, the Supreme Court had stated in September last, gazing it mirrored the magnitude of the issue.
The apex courtroom in July additionally had directed that there would be "no preventing of sealing or demolition" of unauthorised constructions in Delhi after the Centre had stated it had now not given any instructions to the civic our bodies to head sluggish or forestall the sealing drive towards offending buildings.
"I request the central government to bring an ordinance to stop the sealing drive and also find out a solution to the encroachments on roads," the AAP leader stated.
Jain additionally claimed that conversion charges, being taken from buyers to supply reduction from sealing, are just to "make money".
"They (Cxivic bodies) get an order of sealing 20 establishments, but they seal 100 establishments. Later out of 100, they de-seal 80 establishments to make money..." Jain claimed.
The minister stated municipal firms and the police have powers to remove encroachments.
Earlier, AAP MLAs Rituraj Govind, Nitin Tyagi and Saurabh Bharadwaj initiated a brief dialogue on 'issues being confronted by means of Delhiites because of sealing of business houses and urgent need for suitable regulation by means of the Parliament to supply reduction".
The sealing drive, which has been underway at the directions of the Supreme Court-appointed tracking committee, has assumed political overtones in Delhi with the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2020 Assembly polls drawing nearer.
Over 2,200 kilometres of streets and footpaths were encroached upon within the national capital, whose period is almost like travelling from right here to Kanyakumari, the Supreme Court had stated in September last, gazing it mirrored the magnitude of the issue.
The apex courtroom in July additionally had directed that there would be "no preventing of sealing or demolition" of unauthorised constructions in Delhi after the Centre had stated it had now not given any instructions to the civic our bodies to head sluggish or forestall the sealing drive towards offending buildings.
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