Office Memorandum No. 3010/2025/ED of the Environment Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi dated 4th March, 2025 on the construction of buildings in a vulnerable area [C12-CBT]

No. 3010/2025/ED

GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI

Environment Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

New Delhi, dated the 4th March, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The construction of buildings in a vulnerable area by owners of a building in a vulnerable area under the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2009, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Environment Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi on the manner in which the construction of buildings in a vulnerable area by owners of a building in a vulnerable area is to be regulated under the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2009.

2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a building in a vulnerable area carrying on the construction of buildings in a vulnerable area shall make an application in Form B to the State Authority within twenty-four hours, accompanied by a fee of one hundred rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the construction of buildings in a vulnerable area is undertaken, and the State Authority shall dispose of it within twenty-four hours of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Environment Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

(Secretary to Government)