Take precautionary measures against illegal construction: Delhi Court

Delhi: Delhi court has asked the government and the MCD to take precautionary measures against illegal constructions and rickety buildings due to recent accident, the building collapse in Lalita Park in which 70 people were killed.

Due to the complaint of a city resident Rajender, the court’s order came on the complaint by, who had entered into an agreement in 2005 with a real estate company, M/s Showman Construction and Impex Private Ltd, and its three directors to construct a house on his plot at Greater Kailash in South Delhi.

In the status report of The Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi police, it had endorsed the allegations of the complainant, saying “the material used in constructing the house were of very poor quality and the building was prone to get damaged during earthquakes.“ It was also opined in the report that the building should be immediately “dismantled“.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Rakesh Pandit said, “The building is situated in a thickly populated urban colony, posing danger to human habitation in the neighborhood… The state is directed to do the needful in such matters.“

The court, which had earlier ordered registration of an FIR against the company and its directors, asked the government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the police to take necessary steps.

The court also had ordered registration of an FIR against the real estate company, and its four officials including Avdhesh Mittal, Sunil Goyal, Ashok Gupta and Bharti Dogra, under various provisions of the IPC.