(Tribune)
The government has decided to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to seek more time for the preparation of the Shimla Development Plan for which the green court has granted only three months.“Three months are less and it is impossible to prepare the exhaustive document within such a short period,” said Sandeep Kumar, Director, Town and Country Planning, here today. He said the government would seek more time as the MoU for grant of work for the preparation of the development plan would be signed after the model code of conduct gets over on December 20.The TCP had invited tenders from experts and consultants for granting the work for preparing the development plan. “The tenders have been opened and the work is being granted to a Hyderabad consultant firm, giving it 465 days for the work,” said Sandeep Kumar. Now, the formality of signing the MoU remains to be done.
