Float tender to feed monkeys in Asola Sanctuary in 4 weeks: HC
20 Feb 2015 6:40 AM IST
The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, directed the city government to ensure that the process of floating e-tender and giving contract for feeding monkeys in the Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary here be completed within four weeks.
Justice Suresh Kait passed the order after the Delhi government, through advocate Zubeda Begum, informed the court that Rs 25 lakh have been sanctioned by Finance Department for feeding monkeys till March 31, by which time the e-tender is likely to be floated for awarding the contract for supply of fruits and vegetables. The government also claimed that no monkey was left hungry or died of starvation at the sanctuary.
Some objections were raised by the Finance Department, which have been sorted “and now there is regular feed for the monkeys. It is further clarified that even during the time when objections were raised by the department, monkeys were being regularly fed,” she said. The court, thereafter, disposed of a plea seeking contempt proceedings against the Delhi government for allegedly failing to comply with the court’s direction issued in 2007 to provide food for monkeys rehabilitated at the Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.
Justice Suresh Kait passed the order after the Delhi government, through advocate Zubeda Begum, informed the court that Rs 25 lakh have been sanctioned by Finance Department for feeding monkeys till March 31, by which time the e-tender is likely to be floated for awarding the contract for supply of fruits and vegetables. The government also claimed that no monkey was left hungry or died of starvation at the sanctuary.
Some objections were raised by the Finance Department, which have been sorted “and now there is regular feed for the monkeys. It is further clarified that even during the time when objections were raised by the department, monkeys were being regularly fed,” she said. The court, thereafter, disposed of a plea seeking contempt proceedings against the Delhi government for allegedly failing to comply with the court’s direction issued in 2007 to provide food for monkeys rehabilitated at the Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.
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