Delhi: SC issues notice to NHAI over ‘illegal construction’ of Dwarka e-way flyover

NEW DELHI: Construction of the Dwarka Expressway flyover in Dwarka’s Sector 22-23 has come under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court on Monday agreeing to hear resident associations’ plea alleging that the highways authority was “illegally” building the flyover without obtaining mandatory clearance from the authorities concerned.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah granted an early hearing and listed it for Friday after advocate Anand Varma, who filed the petition on behalf of two group housing societies, alleged that full-fledged construction is going on and irreversible damage to the environment would be done if it is not stayed. The court issued notice to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seeking its response.