Pay Rs. 18L in damages, vacate bungalow: Centre to IWPC
The Centre on Monday sent a notice to the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC), a forum for women journalists, to vacate a government bungalow at the earliest, reported PTI. It has been asked to pay Rs. 18 lakh as damages for "unauthorized occupation" past the deadline of July 31, 2022. Notably, the IWPC had been functioning out of 5, Windsor Place, in Lutyens' Delhi.
IWPC deciding its next course of action
As per reports, the government first canceled the allotment of the bungalow in 2021. After several extensions, the Directorate of Estates under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry notified the IWPC and the Foreign Correspondents' Club to leave the premises by July 31, 2022. Meanwhile, the IWPC told Indian Express they had received the letter and were deciding the next course of action.
