This story is from March 11, 2022

Halt demolition of Vasant Vihar ramps, says Delhi high court

The Delhi high court Thursday asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) not to remove ramps constructed outside houses in the Vasant Vihar area for the time being.
Halt demolition of Vasant Vihar ramps, says Delhi high court
Delhi high court
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Thursday asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) not to remove ramps constructed outside houses in the Vasant Vihar area for the time being.
A bench of justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Anup Jairam Bhambhani was informed that SDMC has started demolishing ramps, following an order passed by a single judge, who had directed that concrete ramps built outside houses and guard cabins be demolished without any delay.

The division court was hearing an appeal by Vasant Vihar Residents Welfare Association, challenging various orders passed by the single judge. The counsel for the RWA submitted that he would take instructions from the association for the voluntary removal of unauthorised ramps and will apprise the single judge, who is scheduled to hear the contempt plea on March 23.
“In view of the statement made, we dispose of the appeal by directing the SDMC not to take further steps till the intervention application (filed by the association) is taken up for hearing by the single judge,” the bench said.
“The problem is your (corporation’s) way of going for good deeds. You destroy the whole colony,” the HC remarked.
The single judge was hearing a contempt petition alleging that hundreds of trees in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi have been concretised. It had asked why the ramps built outside several houses were not in level with the standards of SDMC and asked the authorities to remove them so that there are no obstructions to persons on wheelchairs or walkers.

Before the division bench, senior advocate Kailash Vasudev, representing the association, submitted that the corporation has started demolition and the said ramps are the only connecting lines between houses and roads. But the bench said, “you may have a ramp but it cannot be a hindrance to the sidewall of the footpath. What is your view on the preservation of trees?”
Vasudev said they were supporting it but ramps are not part of it.
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