{"id":33517,"date":"2014-05-30T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T05:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33517"},"modified":"2014-05-30T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T05:12:25","slug":"chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda","title":{"rendered":"Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/nod-given-for-occupying-flats-in-dwarka-societycourt\/delhi-high-court-70\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14833\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/nod-given-for-occupying-flats-in-dwarka-societycourt\/delhi-high-court-70\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=120%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,86\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=120%2C86&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14833 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=217%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"delhi-high-court\" width=\"217\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court today pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for its failure to devise a smooth traffic mechanism in its Zonal Development Plan for creation of non-motorised vehicle lanes in the congested Chandni Chowk area here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With an enormous rise in volume of traffic movement, you cannot do a cut and paste job. It is your duty to facilitate the traffic movement without conflict,&#8221; a bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road space is democratic and everybody needs to have space on it. How can you draw a plan which is unmindful of the developments in transportation,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The special bench, also comprising Justice S Muralidhar, directed senior advocate A S Chandhiok, who is appearing for the Delhi government, to come out with an effective development plan to decongest the traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The court has now fixed July 30 as the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a PIL, filed by NGO Manushi Sangathan in 2007, seeking directions to ensure redevelopment of the Chandni Chowk area.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the government had submitted a proposal to ban motorised vehicles from the main road in Chandni Chowk and start a tram system for the convenience of pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many pedestrians on the road, and there are lanes branching out of the main road. A tram service will neither be safe for pedestrians nor will it be financially viable, advocate Indira Unninayar, for the NGO, had said.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for its failure to devise a smooth traffic mechanism in its Zonal Development Plan for creation of non-motorised vehicle lanes in the congested Chandni Chowk area here. &#8220;With an enormous rise in volume of traffic movement, you cannot do a cut and paste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[28598,2625,255,2788,47765,28599,47774,47775,23371],"class_list":["post-33517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-advocate-a-s-chandhiok","tag-delhi-development-authority","tag-delhi-high-court","tag-justice-s-ravindra-bhat","tag-news","tag-ngo-manushi-sangathan","tag-todays-news","tag-todays-top-news","tag-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-30T05:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/delhi-high-court.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5bed6309aad9141bf373167e6730d0fc\"},\"headline\":\"Chandni Chowk traffic congestion: HC pulls up DDA\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-30T05:12:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/chandni-chowk-traffic-congestion-hc-pulls-dda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.in\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/11\\\/delhi-high-court.png\",\"keywords\":[\"advocate A S Chandhiok\",\"Delhi Development Authority\",\"Delhi High Court\",\"Justice S. 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