Letter to Left about non-representation of protest against wilfulness, 03.10.04
in view of continuing disregard of statutory solution and focussed demand for a solution equal to or better than it and of actions of Delhi government and inaction of central government, etc (sent to CPI-M centreal and state offices, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc)
Sub: Industrial closure in Delhi
The ToI report below quotes GNCTD minister as saying they are not filing their review petition since they “do not have a convincing argument”. The “regularisation” argument (for 15000 units) that GNCTD has been making since 1999 is not even tenable, forget convincing, and has been comprehensively rejected in the judgment of 07 May 2004. Yet in August the Assembly and in September the Cabinet resolved in favour of it and for over a month GNCTD has been promising a review petition on this basis, which it has now suddenly realized is not convincing.
The judgment, based on Delhi Master Plan, allows two options – time-bound enforcement of DMP solution (that allows most units redevelopment / proximous relocation options) or time-bound closure. GNCTD has driven the city to the latter by its disregard of DMP – typical of most of its development initiatives (even its Secretariat ‘non-conforming’).
What is curious is why GNCTD, famous for its lament of no control over DDA, is in control of compliance of a judgment based on DMP even as the Court has also appointed DDA to the monitoring committee, DMP is central government responsibility and compliance through the DMP solution (rather than closure) an imperative also of National Common Minimum Program.
It is also curious that while protest against closure is growing, protest against willful disregard of statutory solutions / focussed demand for a solution equal to or better than it – although registered by several industries and individuals – still awaits representation / response.
Gita Dewan Verma, Planner NCMP-DMP minder - manufacturing at http//:plan.architexturez.org/site/dmp2021/ncmp/m/