India, July 29 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Public Works Department (PWD) to initiate the process for issuing tenders for the construction of a footover bridge (FOB) for the Rajputana Rifles, the oldest rifle regiment of the Indian Army, based out of Delhi Cantonment. The direction came in a suo motu proceeding initiated on a report published by HT in May.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued the direction after perusing Delhi Cantonment Board's (DCB) status report which stated that all the authorities-including the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), PWD and Rajputana Rifles Regiment Centre-had agreed for completing the construction of the bridge ...