Re: [mpisgmedia] Del Spl Bill: TK Com report to formbasisofDelhiredevelopment

Capital mess

May 17, 2006

If the term wasn't so ironic when applied to a city like Delhi, the
governmental authorities seem to be leading its citizens up the garden path.
As much hot air is being expended on turning the nation's capital into a
thriving world-class megalopolis by the time the 2010 Commonwealth Games is
upon us as the amount of cold water that is being poured on such a happy
reverie.
.....................
Now, coincidentally, the passage of the legislation comes with a report
that a panel headed by the former Lt. Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna,
has submitted. The report moots a new plan for the city's colonies,
unauthorised constructions and mixed-land use.

The problem is that too many red herrings are being dangled by the
authorities. All that it really takes to save Delhi is to punish the
guilty - both those who flouted the law and those who let it be flouted -
and 'reward' those who played it by the rules. Delhi's politicians have to
decide whether they want to stop the rot or play to the gallery of a huddle
of lawbreakers. An omelette can't be made without breaking a few eggs. And
if Delhi is not to have egg on its sprawling face tomorrow, something must
be done today.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1700344,0012.htm
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From: "P Prakash" <pprakash1@xxxxxxx>
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> Panel report moots more floors, waiver fee
>
> Tejender Khanna Committee recommends four floors be allowed in residential
> areas; compound fee to regularise violations
>
> Esha Roy
>
> New Delhi, May 15: The Tejender Khanna Committee, appointed by the Urban
> Development Ministry to look into the extent and nature of unauthorised
> construction in Delhi, submitted its report today. It recommends:
> * violations which have taken place within the premises of residential plo
ts
> be regularised after charging a compound fee.
> * Permit regularisation of unauthorised construction only if it is within
> the boundary of the residential plot
> * DDA height norm in the city be relaxed by permitting construction of
four
> floors in residential areas instead of the so far mandated 2.5 floors.
> * in DDA-developed colonies (essentially DDA apartment blocks), flat
owners
> be permitted to make alterations and extensions including additional rooms
> and covering and extending of the balcony, as per the need of the owner.
> * relax commercial and mixed land use norms beyond what has been proposed
in
> the DDA's mixed land use policy. This implies that areas (defined as roads
> and colonies) which have 100 per cent commercial activity should be
declared
> as commercial and not just mixed land use areas.
> * notification of these roads/colonies, which are to be identified by the
> Government only after the Committee report is accepted, can take place
only
> if there is a provision for parking and specially demarcated pedestrian
> pathways.
> ''This means that cars parked outside shops will no longer be tolerated by
> the Government,'' said Ministry sources today.
> * encroachment on government land will not be tolerated. Commercial
> development on both agricultural land in rural areas as well as in urban
> villages or lal dora land will also not be tolerated.
> ''In case it is absolutely not possible to remove encroachments on
> government land or commercial activity in urban and rural villages, then
> they are to be regularised after charging a hefty penalty which is the
> market rate cost of the plots,'' said Ministry sources.
> * Change of land use and subsequent notification by the Ministry should
also
> henceforth take place only after consultations with the local RWA, traders
> in the area, the DDA and the service provider agencies (such as the MCD).
> * The Committee has also suggested that a monitoring and regulating body
be
> set up to ensure that the law is implemented and stringent action is taken
> against all officials who have let unauthorised construction come up in
> Delhi.
>
> HC to take up demolitions on May 18
> The clarification sought by the MCD with regard to the demolition, after
> passing of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2006 is likely to
come
> on May 18 when the Delhi High Court will take up the matter related to
> demolitions ordered in the city.
>
>
> .............................
> http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=182815
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gita Dewan Verma" <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:56 PM
> Subject: [mpisgmedia] Del Spl Bill: TK Com report to form basis
> ofDelhiredevelopment
>
>
> > HT p.2 has item titled *Exit DDA, MCD. Enter super
> > panel* that starts:
> > THE TEJENDRA Khanna Committee report that is expected
> > to form the basis of redevelopment of the city, was
> > submitted to the Union Urban Development Ministry on
> > Saturday, two days before the May 15 deadline
> >
> > ===
> > Is the report in public domain?
> >
> > TK Com is 5-member expert committee with 2 planners,
> > EFN Rebeiro and Sayed Shafi, both named as consultants
> > in MPD-2021 credits. Both have also been DDA
> > Commissioner (Plg) -- Shafi when MPD-1962 was made,
> > Rebeiro when MPD-2001 was made. TK has also been DDA
> > Chairman (other 2 in TK Com are one bjp and one
> > congress mla).
> > TK Com has opined that (in the care of TK Com members)
> > DDA could not plan properly, etc, and now TK Com will
> > tell how to get it right. must be exuberance of
> > second-childhood.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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