The Centre has requested the Delhi government to consider doing away with the need to obtain a no objection certificate for projects in already developed areas on the morphological ridge of the national capital such as Greater Kailash and Nehru Place, officials have said.
The Ridge Management Board, a high-powered body formed on the directions of the Supreme Court in 1995 to protect the ridge, will discuss the proposal during a meeting slated for Friday, they said. Morphological ridge is that part of the ridge area "which has ridge-like features but is not a notified forest". It forms a part of the extension of the Aravallis.
Permission of the Ridge Management Board (RMB), headed by the Delhi chief secretary, or of the Supreme Court through the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is required to carry out any construction on the morphological ridge. "The South Delhi Municipal Corporation placed the request to do away with the need for obtaining an NOC in such areas before the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, which asked the Delhi government to consider it accordingly," an official told .
"Earlier, agencies needed an is computer science engineering from the board before undertaking any new construction project or expansion of existing structures in already developed morphological ridge areas such as Greater Kailash and Nehru Place," he said. Even if there were no trees, the board's permission was required before undertaking any construction work in such developed areas which are part of the morphological ridge, the official said.
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