Mayawati’s Noida Park Gets Supreme Court Clearance

The Chief Minsiter of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati’s project for putting up Dalit icons at a Noida park has been cleared by the Supreme Court on Friday.

The Court observed that the area is not on forest land. The bench comprising Chief Justice SH Kapadia along with justices KS Radhakrishnan and Aftab Alam said, "We have found that it is not on forest land."

On account of the concern that the project is close to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, the Bench of Justices said that the project should be in accordance to a set of terms and guidelines.

The condition put forward by the Special Forest bench says that the Park’s 'pucca' construction should not go beyond a total of 25 percent of the land area.

From the remaining land, 25 percent should have grass coverage and 50 percent should be planted with tress directing the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.