Mumbai: The state government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it accepted the proposal to provide sites for setting up of helipads near local railway stations to provide relief operations to injured people.
“We accept the statement made by the Joint Secretary Urban Development Department (UDD) in the affidavit,” said Justices A S Oka and A S Gadkari.
Rajan A Kop, Joint Secretary, UDD, filed the affidavit in response to the request made by the Central Railway (CR) to provide 14 additional helipads beyond the existing helipads for evacuation of injured persons to hospitals to carry out rescue and relief operations due to incidents or accidents.
“The state government in-principle agrees to designate additional sites for use as helipads and for that matter proposes to issue directives under Section 154 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, (MRTPA) 1966 to permit use of layout open spaces, parks, gardens and recreational grounds towards helipads in case of emergency. I submit that the government will take a decision in this regard in two weeks,” stated the affidavit.
27/11/14 Ruhi Bhasin/Indian Express
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“We accept the statement made by the Joint Secretary Urban Development Department (UDD) in the affidavit,” said Justices A S Oka and A S Gadkari.
Rajan A Kop, Joint Secretary, UDD, filed the affidavit in response to the request made by the Central Railway (CR) to provide 14 additional helipads beyond the existing helipads for evacuation of injured persons to hospitals to carry out rescue and relief operations due to incidents or accidents.
“The state government in-principle agrees to designate additional sites for use as helipads and for that matter proposes to issue directives under Section 154 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, (MRTPA) 1966 to permit use of layout open spaces, parks, gardens and recreational grounds towards helipads in case of emergency. I submit that the government will take a decision in this regard in two weeks,” stated the affidavit.
27/11/14 Ruhi Bhasin/Indian Express
