DMRC is aware of what the developers are going through but claims it can’t do much. “It’s for developers to approach local authorities to sort out whatever issues are holding their projects. DMRC won’t like to say anything else since the matter is sub judice,” says Anuj Dayal, DMRC spokesperson. Ask Delhi CM and she says just the opposite .

But wasn’t her government that gave land to DMRC in the first place and isn’t the MCD now standing in the way? “Our tax structure is streamlined, the issue needs to be sorted out between DMRC and the builders. I have not yet received any representation but I would definitely want to resolve any problem that hampers development.”

(Part Two: MCD vs DMRC: behind the battlelines)