STF to enforce building rules, Delhi Master Plan

New Delhi (PTI): Concerned over illegal construction and encroachment on government land in the national capital, the Housing and Urban Affairs ministry has constituted a 15-member special task force (STF) to ensure enforcement of building rules and Master Plan for Delhi-2021.

The objective of the STF includes identifying encroachments on government land in Delhi and to reclaim them, monitor action taken by the local bodies with respect to unauthorised construction and oversee compliance of fire safety measures and disaster management requirements, particularly, in schools, colleges and hospitals. 

The STF, to be headed by the vice chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), will have the chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), the commissioners of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and East Delhi Municipal Corporation, among others, as its members. 

Other members of the STF include the CEO of Delhi Jal Board, the special commissioners (law and order and traffic) of Delhi Police, the chief fire officer of Delhi government and representative of central ground water board.