Court seeks city’s response on BRT
6 Nov 2012 7:29 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the city government on a plea seeking review of the order passed by it, dismissing an earlier plea that sought the scrapping of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor.
Filing the review petition, NGO Nyaya Bhoomi sought scrapping of 5.8-km BRT stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand. The petition claimed that the stretch was chosen against the norms of Master Plan Delhi 2021.
A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Manmohan Singh, hearing the plea, said: ‘The city government counsel has to seek instruction from the Transport Department in respect of the width of the road from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand by November 21.’
The High Court had, on 18 October, dismissed the NGO plea seeking permission for cars to use a road lane reserved for buses on the BRT corridor.
Dismissing the plea, the bench had said that the implementation of BRT corridors in the city of Delhi was not an ‘irrational decision’.
NGO Nyaya Bhoomi’s president B B Sharan had alleged that the corridor was causing inconvenience to the public.
The review plea said that the judgment had ignored the norms in the Master Plan Delhi 2021 that specifically lays down that BRT cannot be allowed in a road which was less than 45 metres in width. The NGO in the petition said: ‘Master Plan Delhi 2021 is a statutory plan and has the force of law. As per the master plan, the BRT cannot exist on a road less than 45 metres in width. However, this court has inadvertently computed 45 metre equal to 100 feet, whereas 45 metres comes to about 150 feet.’
Filing the review petition, NGO Nyaya Bhoomi sought scrapping of 5.8-km BRT stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand. The petition claimed that the stretch was chosen against the norms of Master Plan Delhi 2021.
A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Manmohan Singh, hearing the plea, said: ‘The city government counsel has to seek instruction from the Transport Department in respect of the width of the road from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand by November 21.’
The High Court had, on 18 October, dismissed the NGO plea seeking permission for cars to use a road lane reserved for buses on the BRT corridor.
Dismissing the plea, the bench had said that the implementation of BRT corridors in the city of Delhi was not an ‘irrational decision’.
NGO Nyaya Bhoomi’s president B B Sharan had alleged that the corridor was causing inconvenience to the public.
The review plea said that the judgment had ignored the norms in the Master Plan Delhi 2021 that specifically lays down that BRT cannot be allowed in a road which was less than 45 metres in width. The NGO in the petition said: ‘Master Plan Delhi 2021 is a statutory plan and has the force of law. As per the master plan, the BRT cannot exist on a road less than 45 metres in width. However, this court has inadvertently computed 45 metre equal to 100 feet, whereas 45 metres comes to about 150 feet.’
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