If Nepal-like quake hits Delhi, 90% ppl will be wiped out: HC

August 26, 2015 23:41

Expressing alarm over a report that a Nepal-like quake could wipe out 90 per cent of the population here, Delhi High Court today rapped the Centre, the city government and municipal bodies saying they were waiting for disasters to happen as only 10-15 per cent buildings in the capital complied with the building bye-laws.

"An alarming situation was revealed through an affidavit that 25 per cent of the buildings in the MCD areas fall under planned/approved area and 75 per cent area is unplanned and unauthorised... "Out of this 25 per cent, people later carry out more construction which is not permissible under law. It means only 10 to 15 per cent comply with the building bye-laws," a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said.

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