NEW DELHI: With reports of several unauthorized constructions and occupation of the Yamuna riverbed pouring in, Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC) has decided to undertake an inspection of the riverbed on Wednesday.
K T Ravindran, chairman, DUAC, told TOI that members would go around to see what new constructions had sprouted up on the riverbed and whether they had the required clearances from the commission. ''There are many things that are happening on the riverbed right now and we do not have a clear picture of things as they stand. A lot has been reported in papers while there are some things that we have seen while driving past. While there is nothing specific that we are looking at, members will go across and identify the structures that have come up and whether they have done so legally. Let us first see what is going on and then we will take a call on possible action if necessary,'' he said.
Sources meanwhile said that the commission was prompted to undertake the visit specially after reports came in that Delhi Transport Commission was unwilling to vacate the Millennium bus depot that had been given to it specifically for the duration of the Commonwealth Games. ''The LG's office had made it very clear that the bus depot was to have been a temporary structure and was to have been vacated by DTC within a week or so after the Games got over. However, so far DTC has not made any effort to move out and are in fact claiming it to be one of their biggest depots,'' said Manoj Misra of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan.
Sources also added that under scrutiny would be the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's living quarters that are coming up next to the Akshardham Metro station. ''A lot of work that was undertaken in the garb of Games-related projects came up without any clearances, specially from DUAC. The government needs to take a call on what it will allow on the riverbed and accordingly grant it a protected status,'' said an environmentalist.
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