New Delhi, 5 December
Days after the Supreme Court re-banned construction activities in Delhi-NCR to check air pollution, a builders’ association has moved the apex court seeking lifting of the ban on the ground that the views in the order were taken into consideration. is not placed in. of all stakeholders.
In its petition filed in the Supreme Court, the Developers and Builders Forum said that it is aggrieved by the court’s November 24 order again banning construction activities in NCR, except for non-polluting activities like plumbing, interior decoration. Electrical work and carpentry.
“The complete ban on all construction activities also covers small construction of residential and other units, which in no way can be said to cause large-scale pollution,” the forum said.
The petition is likely to be mentioned for urgent hearing on Monday. Citing a report, the Forum argued that all construction activities in the NCR accounted for 6.7-7.9 per cent of the entire pollution in the region. – tns