Nainital, April 19 -- Uttarakhand High Court has ordered a stay on the ongoing construction of a double-storey parking facility at Ashok Parking in Nainital. The directive was issued today by a division bench led by Chief Justice G Narender in response to a PIL linked to the traffic crisis in Nainital, titled Ajay Rawat vs Union of India. The Chief Justice also announced his plan to personally inspect the city's traffic congestion on Friday morning, accompanied by a committee that will examine key areas.
The court's decision comes in the wake of the persistent problem of traffic jams in Nainital, an issue the High Court has been 'addressing' through comprehensive measures. During the last hearing, the bench had directed an IIM professor to...