New Delhi Apr 24 PTI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking an interim stay on the proposed demolition of around 200 jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar here and rehabilitation and relocation of homes of slum dwellers as per government policyA bench of justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy will hear the plea filed by a minor Vaishali a jhuggi resident whose 10th board examinations are starting on April 26 that homes in the area not be demolished for the time beingOn Friday a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana had taken note of the submissions of senior advocate Vikas Singh and lawyer Aman Panwar that the plea needed urgent hearing in view of the imminent threat of demolition of jhuggis shantiesThe apex court however had refused to extend the stay without hearing from authorities on last FridayThe interim stay on demolition granted by the Delhi High Court earlier is ending on MondayThis matter pertains to jhuggis at Sarojini Nagar and the protection against demolition is only till Monday I do not want the same thing as happened in Jahangirpuri to happen here Please grant the status quo Vikas Singh had arguedDuring last week the top court had come to the rescue of residents of the riot-hit Jahangirpuri area of the national capital by asking authorities to stall their anti-encroachment driveThe plea filed through Vaishali said that the slum dwellers have been living there since 1980 and they do not want to stall any government project at the siteHowever the residents besides deferment of a proposed demolition for the time being wanted rehabilitation and relocation of their jhuggis as per the provisions of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board DUSIB ActThe DUSIB Act casts an obligation on government authorities to frame a scheme for rehabilitation and relocation of jhuggis before any action of eviction is undertakenThe union ministry of urban development on April 4 issued evictiondemolition notices to all residents of the jhuggis within one weekThe Delhi government had taken a plea before the Delhi High Court that the jhuggis in question was not notified under the DUSIB Act and hence the residents were not eligible for rehabilitationThe single judge and the division benches of the high court had relied upon the submissions of the DUSIB and dismissed the plea of residentsThe appeal filed in the apex court referred to a response received under the Right to Information Act and said that the city government and its authorities have not notified any Jhuggi in Delhi under the DUSIB Act and have only prepared a list of 675 jhuggis PTI SJK ANB ANB

New Delhi Feb 25 PTI A head constable of the National Investigation Agency NIA was arrested in southwest Delhis Sarojini Nagar area for allegedly raping a woman police said on FridayAccording to police on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday a call regarding rape was received The woman alleged that one Sushil Dhiman has committed rape with her They both are known to each other for the last three years police added A case was registered at Sarojini Nagar police station and investigation initiated police saidOn the basis of technical surveillance accused Dhiman was traced and found working as head constable with NIA on deputation from BSF to NIA a senior police officer saidThe accused has been traced and arrested he added PTI NIT NIT RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI A man died after he was allegedly hit by a water tanker in southwest Delhis Sarojini Nagar area on Friday police saidSarojini Nagar police station received information regarding the accident around 615 am they saidThe deceased has been identified as Jai Parkash Bharti a resident of Pilanji village who worked as a guard with a private security agency in Vasant Vihar He was hit by a water tanker near the Sarojini Nagar market The errant driver fled the spot in the vehicle a senior police officer saidBharti was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him dead A case has been registered under the relevant provisions of law said Deputy Commissioner of Police southwest Gaurav SharmaThe water tanker has been identified with the help of CCTV footage A police team has been sent to arrest the accused he said PTI NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Amid rising COVID-19 cases in the national capital a video purportedly showing shoppers falling on each other and struggling to walk in a crowded Sarojini Nagar market went viral on social media on WednesdayIn the video which was recorded on Sunday people are seen jostling to make their way through the market and flouting social distancing normsAshok Randhawa president of Sarojini Nagar Mini Market Traders Association blamed hawkers for the situationWe can only ensure that customers follow Covid-appropriate behaviour inside shops but cannot do anything about it when they are anywhere outside The hawkers do not listen to the market association The authorities have to take responsibility and penalise those not maintaining social distancing and not wearing masksWe are scared of another lockdown as we have already faced huge losses during the two previous lockdowns We are ready to cooperate with the authorities to improve the situation he saidRandhawa said the market has four gates Guards with sanitisers and thermometers have been deployed at all gatesDelhi on Wednesday recorded 125 fresh COVID-19 cases the highest since June 22 that took its tally to 1442515 The positivity rate stood at 020 per cent according to health department dataThe city had reported 102 cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 020 per cent and 91 cases on Monday with the same positivity rate On Sunday the city logged 107 cases with a positivity rate of 017 per centEarlier in the day the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA directed district magistrates to ensure that no gatherings to celebrate Christmas and New Year take place in the cityRestaurants and bars will continue to operate with up to 50 per cent of the seating capacity Marriage-related gatherings are permitted with a maximum of 200 people in attendance PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV