MINUTES OF THE 1612th MEETING OF THE DELHI URBAN ART COMMISSION (DUAC) HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021.

A.   The minutes of the 1611th meeting of the Delhi Urban Art Commission held on 16.09.2021 were confirmed and approved.

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B.Action Taken Report in respect of Minutes of 1610th meeting held on 09.09.2021.1. Action Taken Reports in respect of Minutes of 1610th meeting held on 09.09.2021 were discussed.Noted by the Commission.

C. PROJECT PROPOSALS:

1Revised Plans proposal for Demolition and Reconstruction of Residential Building at Plot No.4, Kasturba Gandhi Marg

1. The proposal was forwarded by the NDMC (online) for consideration by the Commission.

2. The Commission approved the building plan proposal at its meeting held on March 30, 2016. Also, approved the revised proposal for demolition and reconstruction proposal at its meeting held on October 18, 2017. The Commission did not approve the building plan proposal for demolition and reconstruction at its meeting held on September 02, 2021 specific observations were given.

3. The revised building plan proposal for demolition and reconstruction (Block-A and Block-B) received (online) was scrutinised along with the replies submitted by the architect in response to the observations of the Commission communicated vide DUAC observation letter no: OL-31082124026 dated 08.09.2021. Based on the revised submission and the replies submitted, the following observations are to be complied with:

a) Sustainability features shall be as per point no. 7 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in.

b) All plumbing pipes, service equipment should be camouflaged appropriately (in terms of the point nos. 10, 11 &12 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) are available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in. 

Approved, observations given.The Commission decided to take action in the matter without awaiting confirmation of the minutes of the meeting.

2Building plans proposal in respect of Semi-Permanent / Temporary Covid ICU Hospital at Kirari.

1. The proposal was forwarded by the GNCTD PWD (online) for consideration by the Commission.

2. The Commission did not approve the building plan propsoal at its meeting held on August 25, 2021 specific observations were given.

3. The building plan proposal received (online) at the formal stage was scrutinised along with the replies submitted by the architect in response to the observations of the Commission communicated vide DUAC observation letter no: OL-19082161021 dated 01.09.2021. The Commission intended to discuss some of the issues related to the proposal with the architect at the Cisco WebEx meeting (online), but he was not available. Based on the revised submission and the replies submitted, the following observations are to be complied with:

a) All building bye laws provisions/norms/guidelines/regulations etc., as stipulated in the Unified Building Bye Laws 2016 for Delhi, shall be adhered to include distance between two building blocks, parking requirements, and fire tender movement etc.

b) Sustainability features shall be as per point no. 7 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in.

c) All plumbing pipes, service equipment should be camouflaged appropriately (in terms of the point nos. 10, 11 &12 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) are available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in.

Approved, observations given.The Commission decided to take action in the matter without awaiting confirmation of the minutes of the meeting.

3Building plans proposal in respect of Semi-Permanent / Temporary ICU Hospital at Shalimar Bagh.

1. The proposal was forwarded by the GNCTD PWD (online) for consideration by the Commission.

2. The Commission did not approve the building plan propsoal at its meeting held on August 25, 2021 specific observations were given.

3. The building plan proposal received (online) at the formal stage was scrutinised along with the replies submitted by the architect in response to the observations of the Commission communicated vide DUAC observation letter no: OL-19082161022 dated 01.09.2021. Based on the revised submission and the replies submitted, the following observations are to be complied with:

a) Sustainability features shall be as per point no. 7 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in.

b) All plumbing pipes, service equipment should be camouflaged appropriately (in terms of the point nos. 10, 11 &12 of the CPAA (Criterion for Project Assessment and Approval) are available on the DUAC website at www.duac.org.in.

Approved, observations given.The Commission decided to take action in the matter without awaiting confirmation of the minutes of the meeting.

The following were present at the Meeting of the Commission held on Monday, September 20, 2021, from 04.00 PM onwards:

1. Shri Ajit Pai, Chairman, DUAC

2. Prof. (Dr) Mandeep Singh, Member, DUAC

3. Shri Ashutosh Agarwal, Member, DUAC

4. Smt. Nivedita Pande, Member, DUAC