CAIT writes to Centre, suggests forming ‘Greater Delhi’

New Delhi, June 24 

A traders’ body on Sunday wrote to the Union Urban Affairs Ministry suggesting that Delhi and some of its neighbouring cities should be amalgamated to form ‘Greater Delhi’, said officials. 

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a statement said it had sent a communication to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, and also suggested that the “building department of corporations be transferred to the DDA”.

Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general, CAIT, said Delhi had become an overpopulated city and could not bear more infrastructure load, and alleged that “the concept of Delhi-NCR had completely failed”.

“The nearby towns of Delhi, including Noida, Faridabad, Gurugram, Bahadurgarh should be made a part of Delhi and should be renamed as ‘Greater Delhi’ just like Greater Mumbai,” said the CAIT. The suggestion was sent in the backdrop of various orders and observations of the SC to decongest Delhi, it said. — PTI