New Delhi, December 18: The Archaeological Survey of India today issued notices to several agencies in the capital, including the DMRC and the Commonwealth Games Committee, over 92 structures constructed within prohibited areas in centrally protected monuments.
The notices were sent on the instruction of the Delhi High Court, which declared illegal a high-level expert committee that granted permissions to these agencies for construction of the structures, that include some key Commonwealth Games projects and the Delhi Metro.
The ASI issued the notices yesterday informing the agencies that these structures were illegal as per the HC order and face a prospect of demolition, a senior ASI official said.
The permissions were granted by the ASI and the high-level committee constituted by it, comprising historians and town planners, but they stand null and void following the court order.
–Agencies