Wedding tents back in DDA parks

NEW DELHI: The summer wedding season has begun and refurbished wedding tents have sprung up across the city. Tent houses that seem to be in permanent possession of public land have changed themes from last winter. The huge number of marriages being organized often forces locals to take help of the infamous tent mafia who promise any venue and date for a price.

Most tent houses that stay put throughout the year, vacating the land only for a few weeks during monsoon season, are located in north and west Delhi where parks spanning larger areas have been set up by DDA.

In places like Keshav Puram, Netaji Subhash Place, Saraswati Vihar and Vikaspuri, thousands of square metres of public land have been encroached upon by tent houses. Despite assurances by DDA to weed them out, no visible steps have been taken. They remain untouched despite some of them being located a stone's throw from DDA offices.

In Pitampura, for instance, 5,000 square metres have been taken up by a tent house having palace for a theme. The land is right opposite the TV tower and within 100 metres of the DDA superintendent engineer's office. Two other tent houses are located within 100m of the spot.

Sources say there are two giant loopholes. First, DDA officials usually don't cross-check the names of the groom and bride on the day of wedding with the names supplied at the time of booking. Secondly, area occupied by tent houses is often disproportionately larger than the actual area for which possession is accorded.

In March, DDA vice-chairperson Balvinder Kumar announced a new policy to root out tent house mafia. The Authority imposed some mandatory conditions for booking the venue to curb corruption. All spaces in the city were categorized into four types and different modes of allotment were proposed by segregating spaces area and location-wise.

Nineteen sites were chosen as Kalyan Mandapams, specially designated for marriage functions. DDA was also to equip 34 other sites with steel trusses so that those booking them are able to pitch and dismantle their own tents in the minimum possible time. There would be 262 other spaces to be used as per the wish of the person booking the site from within events listed by DDA. This policy will be effective from June.

DDA spokesman Neemo Dhar said, "Enough checks and balances will be put in place once the policy is fully operational. Bookings made prior to the announcement of policy will be honoured under the existing policy."

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