lieutenant-Governor (lG) Anil Baijal has said possible ways are being examined to provide relief to the shopkeepers hit by the ongoing sealing drive by the three municipal corporations on the orders of the empowered monitoring committee of the Supreme Court.
Baijal on Monday wrote back to AAP MlA Saurabh Bharadwaj who has written him seeking appointment over the ongoing sealing, “saying all possible solutions are being explored to overcome the “crisis”. last week, the Greater Kailash legislator had written to Baijal seeking an appointment of AAP MlAs with him to discuss the sealing drives being carried out by the municipal corporations since last month against properties for alleged violations of civic norms.
The l-G in his letter to Bharadwaj said sealing is a complex matter and the MlAs can communicate their suggestions through Delhi Urban Development Minister whose department is responsible for processing some of the
possible solutions like notification for mixed land use of streets.
“All possible solutions are being explored to overcome the crisis, keeping in view the judicial pronouncements on the subject and extant laws,” the l-G office said in a statement. It stated that this is a very serious matter and concerns the livelihood of lakhs of people and also planned development of Delhi.
“While lt Governor appreciated the concern of MlAs and welcomed any constructive suggestions, he strongly advised against any attempt to trivialise the matter,” the l-G office said.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged that its leaders Ashutosh, Dilip Pandey and other MlAs were detained by the police during its march to Parliament against the sealing drive and FDI in retail sector.