Uncertainty over Games village site

HT Correspondent

New Delhi, August 14

Delhi Lt-Governor and DDA chairman B.L. Joshi on Friday said there was enough time to relocate the Commonwealth Village from its present site on the Yamuna bank, if the Supreme Court so ordered.

"The groundwork has not started yet. If SC orders to shift the venue of the village we will do so,” Joshi said, answering queries about the recent Supreme Court order on alleged irregularities in the construction of the Akshardham temple.

The petitioners had accused the DDA of allocating land belonging to the UP irrigation department. The petition also said the construction was on a larger scale than what had been permitted.

Joshi said the DDA has been asked to submit a report in this regard. “The Supreme Court order has come and we are looking into it. I have asked the DDA to inform me about the details of the project,” he added.

With regard to DDA, the L-G said he had asked the authority to introduce a complaint management system to monitor complaints and ensure that speedy action is taken. "I have told them to computerise the system so that one can monitor the complaints. DDA has also been asked to collect information about all complaints,” Joshi said.