Parking area management plan: Supreme Court seeks Delhi govt's reply on EPCA report

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government to give its response to the Environment Pollution Control Authority's report on parking area management plan in the national capital. The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), in its report, commended the work done by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on parking area management in the Lajpat Nagar area.

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta granted a week's time to the counsel appearing for the Delhi government to file a reply to the report.The apex court appointed panel EPCA, in its report, said the SDMC has initiated a pilot project in Lajpat Nagar that encompasses both commercial area of Central Market and adjacent residential colonies of the area. Senior advocate Aparajita Singh, who is assisting the top court as an amicus curiae in pollution matters, said the SDMC had done a commendable job in devising a parking area management plan for the crowded Lajpat Nagar area market and adjacent colonies.