Senior Lawyer Vikas Singh, who appears for a minor recently had made big noise for stopping ongoing work at prestigious Central Vista Project citing that dust pollution from it was aggravating the toxicity of ambient air over Delhi, on Monday appeared for a developers & builders forum seeking lifting of ban on construction activities in Delhi.
Appearing for 'Developers & Builders Forum', a body of more than sixty reputed builders in Delhi who alleged to use the latest construction technology for reducing dust pollution as per laid down norms, Singh sought urgent listing of the application seeking lifting of the ban on all construction activities, except non-polluting activities relating to construction such as the plumbing work, interior decoration, electrical work & carpentry.
In contrast, Singh had appeared for petitioner Aditya Dubey and argued on Nov 29 before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana that while the construction work at small projects are stopped to the detriment of construction workers for the sake of the right to life, which included right to clean air & environment, of residents of Delhi & NCR, "the construction of massive Central Vista Project is being carried on at full swing right under the nose of the Supreme Court. Is Central Vista work more important than the lives of crores of residents of Delhi & NCR?"
The Supreme Court had sought response from the Centre on the measures taken to control dust pollution from the Central Vista project but had asked the petitioner not to stay focused on one project & derail the Court's endeavour to address the larger issue of air pollution from all sources & devising means to control it around the year.
On Monday, when Singh sought listing of the builders' application, Justice Ramana said, "On one side, you appear for petitioner & want the pollution to stop. On the other side, you appear for the builders & want construction activities to go on. Let the government take a call on this issue."
Singh said that the Govt had passed an order banning construction activities on the basis of the orders passed by the Supreme Court & that the industry is losing hundreds of crores daily. But, the Top Court refused to accede to Singhs demand for an urgent listing of the builders' plea.
The builders' forum was seeking modification of the SC's Nov 24 order, which said “In the meantime, as an interim measure & until further orders, we re-impose the ban on the construction activities in the NCR subject to the following two conditions: (i) Non-polluting activities relating to construction such as the plumbing work, interior decoration, electrical work & carpentry are allowed to be continued; (ii) The States shall use the funds which have been collected as labour cess for the welfare of construction workers to provide them subsistence for the period during which construction activities are prohibited & pay wages notified under the Minimum Wages Act for the respective categories of workers.”
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