Supreme Court has on Wednesday issued notice in plea filed seeking directions to the government to mandatorily provide common utility duct for all public utilities in the construction plan of highways.
SC notice to Centre on plea for mandatory common utility duct along highways ANI | Updated: Mar 17, 2021 15:16 IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central government on a PIL seeking directions to mandatorily provide common utility duct or corridors for all public utilities in the construction plan of highways and other roadways to avoid duplication of civil works.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde while asking the government to reply on the plea said, We will see this. It s a good idea. Notice issued.
The plea filed by Haripriya Patel sought directions to the government to ensure that all public utility service providers mandatorily use the facilities and avoid unnecessary re-digging or trenching of roadways.
Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra on Friday called for making telecom connectivity part of common ducts inside new buildings. He said digital connectivity has become one of the basic amenities like electricity and water connections in homes. This is new India. We cannot do without it (telecom connectivity). Any new building that we are going to construct, every house, every room must have connectivity. Like you cannot do without electricity, like you cannot do without water, so is the telecom connectivity, Mishra said at a Broadband India Forum event. The National Digital Communications Policy 2018 proposes to set up common service ducts and utility corridors in all new city and high road projects and related elements.
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