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SC stays parking construction at Siri Fort complex [1]

The Supreme Court today stayed the construction of a parking lot at Siri Fort Sports Complex as part of preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2010 on a plea filed by a morning walker who objected to the felling of trees for the project. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan while asking the authorities to consider an alternative site for the parking lot ordered status quo till further orders. The petitioner had/approached the apex court seeking direction to the DDA not to damage forests near the Siri Fort

Publication Date: 
05/04/2008
Statesman (New Delhi) [2]
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Deforestation [3], Urban Roads [4], Supreme Court [5], Delhi [6]
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