Supreme Court permits construction at Mayawati’s Noida park

New Delhi: In a reprieve for Mayawati, the Supreme Court today cleared Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious project to construct and install statues of Dalit icons at a park in Noida, saying it does not come under forest land.

“We have found that it is not on forest land,” a bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and justices Aftab Alam and K S Radhakrishnan said.

However, the bench said there was concern that the project is in proximity of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.

It said all conditions and guidelines laid down for the project have to be followed. .