New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court re-imposed a ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR to check air pollution, a builders’ outfit has moved the top court seeking lifting of the ban on the ground that the order didn’t take into account the views of all stakeholders.
In its plea filed in the Supreme Court, the Developers and Builders Forum said it was aggrieved by the court’s November 24 order to re-impose a ban on construction activities in the NCR, except for non-polluting activities such as plumbing, interior decoration, electrical work and carpentry.
“The blanket ban on all construction activities takes within its sweep even small construction of residential and other units which can, in no manner, be said to be causing large-scale pollution,” the forum submitted.
The plea is likely to be mentioned for urgent hearing on Monday. Citing a report, the forum contended that all construction activities in the NCR constituted a meagre 6.7-7.9 per cent of the entire pollution in the region.