Delhi High Court Orders Setting Up of Committee to Oversee Removal of Encroachments at Tughlaqabad Fort

The Delhi High Court has formed a committee to oversee the removal of encroachments and illegal constructions around Tughlaqabad Fort in South Delhi.

A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed that provisions for rehabilitating those displaced during the process be made. 

The Court also ordered a survey to be conducted jointly by the Central and Delhi Governments, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Municipal Corporation.

The survey is tasked with recommending a policy framework for the systematic removal of illegal constructions at the heritage site.

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