The Centre today assured the Supreme Court that no jhuggi will be removed right now while the Railways is in consultation with the Delhi government and while the Ministry of Urban Development comes up with a solution.
Senior Congress leader and former minister Ajay Maken has moved the Supreme Court, asking it to make government bodies ensure that slum dwellers are rehabilitated before the removal of 48,000 illegal dwellings (jhuggis) alongside railway tracks in Delhi.
The NGT, directed that the guidelines containing locomotive standards, be put up on the website of CPCB and expeditious efforts be made by all the stakeholders including MoEF&CC, CPCB and the concerned Ministry to approve the final parameters for locomotive engines.
The Delhi High Court on Friday has been informed by the ‘Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC) that for on-board catering service during the lockdown period tenders floated for special Rajdhani, Shatabdi & Duranto (RSD) categories trains and serving only pre-packed food