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Centre forms committee on demolitions

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Union Urban Development Ministry on Tuesday notified the constitution of a five-member high-power Technical Committee headed by former Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejinder Khanna to look into the issue of illegal buildings and constructions, violation of building by-laws and ways and means to regularise lakhs of structures that are faced with demolitions.

Members

The other members of the committee are senior Congress leader and Sakurbasti MLA, S. C. Vats, Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan, former chief city planner Mohammad Shafi and well-known architect E. F. N. Rebeiro. The Ministry issued a notification to this effect on Tuesday evening.

Various issues

The Committee has come into being following directions from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put in place a committee that would look into the various issues pertaining to demolitions, violation of building by-laws and unauthorised constructions in order to find a way to amicably resolve the matter. Although the terms and reference of the Committee have not been notified, it has been asked to submit its report within three months.

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