The Centre is preparing to extend a legal immunity that spares unauthorised constructions, which came up between January 2006 and May 2014, from being sealed or demolished in the national capital. As the immunity period lapses this month, the Centre plans to amend the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Amendment Act, 2014. The law gave protection from punitive action to all such illegal constructions, including unauthorised colonies. The bill, once cleared by Parliament, will provide immunity to all properties that have unauthorised constructions. The government doesn’t have a definite figure on the number of unauthorised constructions that came up till May 2014, but Delhi’s civic authorities said it could be more than 100,000.

Source: Hindustan Times December 08, 2017 02:37 UTC