{"id":48633,"date":"2017-06-13T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48633"},"modified":"2017-06-13T10:16:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T04:46:58","slug":"finish-de-silting-of-kushak-nullah-on-war-footing-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/finish-de-silting-of-kushak-nullah-on-war-footing-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"Finish de-silting of Kushak Nullah on war footing: Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47337\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-jail-failure-abide-sc-order-alimony\/delhi-high-court-79\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" 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-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-47337 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finish de-silting of Kushak Nullah on war footing: Delhi HC\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/delhi-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finish de-silting of Kushak Nullah on war footing: Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Delhi High Court today directed the city government to finish de-silting of the Kushak &#8216;nullah&#8217; near South Extension part II here on a &#8220;war- footing&#8221; to ensure there is no water-logging in the area.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and C Hari Shankar termed as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; the September 2017 deadline given by the Delhi government&#8217;s Public Works Department (PWD) to complete the entire work, including completing of Barapullah flyover construction.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a PIL initiated by it in 2012 on the issue of water-logging in the South Extension area.<\/p>\n<p>It was not pleased that five years after the issue was taken up by the high court, there is no change in the situation in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was also displeased with the fact that the PWD was carrying out de-silting when the monsoon was just round the corner.<\/p>\n<p>The court appointed a local commissioner to inspect the area to verify the PWD&#8217;s claim that de-silting work was going on and would be finished by June 25.<\/p>\n<p>It directed the petitioner, Manjeet Singh Chugh, to place on record time-stamped photographs of the construction site and the progress of the PWD&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>With these directions, the bench listed Chugh&#8217;s application, alleging that the PWD has not carried out the de-silting work despite repeated orders of the high court in the past, for further hearing on June 16.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court today directed the city government to finish de-silting of the Kushak &#8216;nullah&#8217; near South Extension part II here on a &#8220;war- footing&#8221; to ensure there is no water-logging in the area. 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