Ten months after the Delhi Excessive Courtroom directed the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) to make sure fireplace security guidelines are adopted in 101 faculties that weren’t granted fireplace no objection certificates (NOC), because the method roads in direction of the establishments have been slim, the scenario stays unchanged, a standing report submitted earlier than the HC by the civic physique on Monday confirmed.
The MCD knowledgeable the HC that of the 1,184 civic faculties, 101 can’t be given fireplace NOCs owing to slim method roads the place fireplace automobiles can’t move.
The MCD’s submission is available in a standing report filed on January 6 in a petition filed by one Kush Kalra, represented by advocate Jyotika Kalra.
Final March, in a standing report, the MCD had submitted that 101 faculties can’t be given fireplace NOC owing to slim method roads. In an order on March 6, 2024, the HC had directed the MCD “to discover the choice of both widening the method highway or offering elaborate fireplace security measures inside the faculties itself”.
Within the standing report submitted on Monday, nonetheless, MCD has not defined if any motion has been taken pertaining to the slim method roads as per the court docket’s course in March.
Of the 101 faculties that can not be issued fireplace NOC, a significant chunk is within the Metropolis-SP zone of MCD. At current, as per the standing report, solely 743 faculties – about 63% of the colleges – have fireplace NOCs.
The division bench comprising Performing Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will hear the matter subsequent on March 19.
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