Amid much controversy, the government recently dispelled all doubts about the Millennium bus depot - a 'temporary' structure that was meant to facilitate DTC's operations during the two weeks of Commonwealth Games. Chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said if the city was expected to expand its public transport system, the bus depot would have an integral role in its plans and there was no way that it would be given up after Rs 60 crore had been spent on developing it.
DMRC also came under the scanner when Delhi Urban Arts Commission said that the Metro agency had misled it when it had applied for clearances for its residential quarters in 2007. The 90 flats, coming up in two buildings, are located next to the Akshardham metro station. "At that point, DMRC and the consulting architect indicated that the land in question was operational area under the zonal plan of the master plan. That is completely false and they misled us. The land was riverbed area where such constructions are not allowed. DMRC should have applied for change of land use to DDA and then sought approval from the local body. They applied for change of land use only three years later and more importantly, conceptual approval was not given for a housing project which is clearly what the 90 flats being built comprise," said DUAC sources. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, New Delhi.
