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DDA changed layout plan, norms to allot a plot to Minister Vijay Goel’s NGO: Report

According to the Vaish Aggarwal Educational Society (VAES), the Toy Bank collects used and unused toys from different sources, restore them and distributes them to needy children.

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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) changed its layout plan to allot a plot to an NGO closely associated with Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel, reported Indian Express.

The report says that the plot in Delhi which was earmarked for a post office was in September 2016, allotted to the NGO - Vaish Aggarwal Educational Society (VAES).

According to the VAES, the Toy Bank collects used and unused toys from different sources,  restore them and distributes them to needy children.

The NGO, reportedly sought land from the DDA to set up a toy bank, soon after Goel became a Rajya Sabha member in 2014.

According to DDA records, Goel is vice-president of the NGO, son Siddhant and daughter Vidyun are among members.

On December 23, 2015, a DDA file noting recorded that the 488-sq m plot 'suggested' by VAES was visited by DDA officials, said the report.

“Situated in Derawal Nagar, GT Road Delhi. the site under reference is maintained as a park where one side is adjoining to Adharsheela nursery school (run by VAES). (and) is earmarked for post office in the layout plan,” it said, asking the official concerned “to confirm/verify whether any correspondence has been sent to postal department”.

The DDA’s Institutional Allotment Committee (IAC) cleared the allotment subject to approval of the layout plan by the screening committee of the DDA’s Planning Department. Following which, the 'competent authority' cleared the file.

The report said the screening committee sanctioned the layout plan modification on August 8, 2016. The plot was allotted to VAES on September 1, 2016 and it made a payment of Rs 1.77 crore on October 19, 2016.

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