NGT raps SDMC over parking of vehicles in Lajpat Nagar

The National Green Tribunal on Friday rapped the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) for not effectively implementing its order on parking of vehicles at Lajpat Nagar market in South Delhi.

“If you don’t have the intention of implementing our orders, then it can’t be implemented. You can’t shift the cap on somebody else. The decisions or the directions of the tribunal are to be executed as a decree of the civil court. “We have enough powers to execute our orders. Don’t push us to exercise those powers,” a bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar said. 

The observations came after the civic body claimed helplessness in executing the Tribunal’s order to stop vehicles from being parked on metalled roads. During the hearing, the municipal body said the offending vehicles were being seized but getting released from the courts. SDMC also sought orders to courts from the NGT.