Stop sealing drive, DDA had effected various amendments in the master plan which covers shops too: CAIT

New Delhi, May 3 (KNN) In an attempt to stop the ongoing sealing of local shopping centres (LSCs) in Delhi, traders apex body CAIT has requested the Centre to look into this matter.

In this regard, Confederation of Indian Traders (CAIT) has asked Centre to intervene to stop the sealing of local shopping centres carried by Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee.

CAIT in a communication to Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri sought action “against the unjustified and blanket order of the monitoring committee”.

The committee had ordered the local bodies to seal LSCs in violation of building plans.

Over the matter, CAIT secretary-general Praveen Khandelwal said such an order was “against the principle of natural justice and legal precedence”.

Traders have argued that DDA had effected various amendments in the master plan, which also covered LSCs, and these were pending before the SC.

Delhi’s civic agencies started the drive in LSCs on December 22, and these establishments were sealed for using residential properties for commercial purposes.