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Petition against elevated metro rail corridor

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: A public interest petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court against the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s decision to construct an elevated stretch in some South Delhi neighbourhoods on the upcoming new Central Secretariat-Badarpur metro rail line.

The petition has been filed on behalf of the residents’ welfare associations of those areas: the E-Block Residents’ Welfare Society, the Greater Kailash Society, the Defence Colony Residents’ Welfare Association, the Lajpat Nagar-III Neighbourhood Residents’ Association and the Kailash Fraternity and Kailash Colony Association.

Court’s help sought

The petitioners have sought the Court’s help in directing the DMRC to construct an underground metro line along six kilometres from Lajpat Nagar to Kalkaji on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line. The RWAs are opposed to an elevated stretch in their neighbourhood citing environmental and health concerns. They claim that an elevated stretch would lead to increased noise pollution and affect the environment.

The petition also claims that residents of the area, particularly Jamrudpur and Kailash Colony, live under “constant threat and fear for their life”.

The petition, which is scheduled to come up for hearing next week, has been filed in the wake of the mishap at a metro rail construction site in South Delhi on July 12 that left six persons dead.

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