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In Delhi the civic bodies have failed to come up with action plan on making structures safe in quake prone zones. Despite of show cause by Delhi High Court towards the non-action of civic bodies, only 25% structure in Delhi are made with sanctioned plans that is complying with regulations specific for seismic zone and remaining 75% being unauthorised. The civic body has therefore failed to place an action plan to make the city compliant with National Building Code- 2005.
The bench comprising of Justice S Ravindra Bhatt and Justice AK Chawla observed that the municipal corporations has failed to come up with any kind of comprehensive plan to make Delhi compliant with the requirements of Seismic Zone IV despite of the fact that the court has called for the same way back on August 26, 2015.
The bench has directed that the commissioners of the entire municipal corporation of the Delhi district division to ensure that an action plan is prepared within four weeks from today and if they are in default, they shall be presented in the court.
The high court expressed its concern over such an “alarming situation” by describing it as “disaster waiting to happen”. The court has directed the civic bodies to comply with National Building Code 2005 or any revision thereafter in the lights of threats of earthquakes.
The court in 2015 had taken note of the affidavit filed by North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The affidavit consists of statistics related to unauthorised buildings and authorised buildings. The only conclusion that we can draw is that only 15 per cent of Delhi buildings comply with the building code and regulations which are specific for seismic zone IV.
The high court has directed the centre and the Delhi government to indicate through affidavits. Due to which there will be clarity as to what is their exact policy and how do they plan to go about making buildings in Delhi compliant with requirements of national Building Code, 20015 prescribed for Seismic zone IV.
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