Land alloted to police to park impounded vehicles: DDA to NGT

The National Green Tribunal was today informed by DDA that it has alloted land on temporary basis to Delhi Police for parking impounded vehicles.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) told a five-judge bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar that in compliance with its earlier order, land has been allowed at two sites -- Narela and Rohini -- for two years or till the area is designed as per policy.
Advocate Kush Sharma, appearing for DDA, said no permanent structure shall be constructed on these sites and environmental compensation has already been identified as Rs 5,000 for each violation.
"DDA would be entitled for 50 per cent of the parking share from Delhi Police," Sharma said.

Meanwhile, NGT allowed the Delhi Jal Board's plea seeking direction to the Delhi government's transport department to allow registration of its new diesel vehicle, a truck required for maintenance of the sewage system.
The bench allowed the application subject to the condition that it should be BS-IV complied diesel vehicle and GPS must be installed in it.

The bench made it clear that the vehicle should play only for sewage cleaning purpose under DJB and not for private use and if the conditions are complied, the transport department should register the vehicle.
The NGT premises also saw presence of a large number of defaulters to whom the green panel had earlier issued notices for not paying environmental compensation (EC) for violating its order on waste burning and dust pollution.

The notices were issued on a plea filed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), through advocate Balendu Shekhar.
The bench said those who were present before it today should pay EC within two weeks and issued fresh notices to the defaulters who were not served earlier.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by Vardhaman Kaushik over worsening air quality in Delhi.
It had earlier directed the Delhi government, DDA, Delhi Police and the municipal corporations to hold meeting and identify sites to be provided to ensure parking of impounded vehicles.