Times of India: Delhi: Saturday, August 05, 2017.
To address
the concerns raised by residents of south Delhi's Alaknanda regarding a
"missing" road, Delhi Development Authority has decided to conduct a
joint survey. The road in question was the basis on which DDA sold 3.7 acres of
land for the construction of a mall in the area.
TOI had
recently reported that PWD has denied DDA's claim of a road connecting Shaheed
Suryansen Marg, a colony road in Alaknanda, to Sudharshan Munjal road (an
arterial road).
Vivek Sharma,
an advocate who has been raising the issue for a long time, said, "I had
written to PMO against DDA's decision to allow a mall in the residential
colony. They (DDA) have been claiming that there is a road connecting the
colony road to the main road. But now DDA has agreed to conduct a joint
inspection of the area."
The decision
has been taken based on Sharma's complaint. "To justify its decision to
allot the land meant for a community centre to a private firm for construction
of a mall, DDA has been insisting that there is a road connecting Shaheed
Suryansen Marg (a colony road) with Sudharshan Munjal marg. But PWD in an RTI
reply has recently stated that the two roads are not connected. The area
pointed in the zonal map where DDA claims the road exists is occupied by houses
and a school," said Sharma.
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