While the NGT bench said it will go through the plea and pass appropriate orders, it reiterated that the government should “come up with at least one solution” to curb pollution.

“In fact, Delhi has the maximum concentration of quake epicentres. It has been indicated that there are many hidden faults in the alluvial deposits of the Indo-Gangetic plain,” Prof Dubey said.

“The buildings... are simply not strong enough to withstand a quake,” an official said.

Sources said the L-G has approved the proposal mooted by the government to waive the fee.

Late Monday afternoon, after reports of someone with the same second name being rescued emerged, her family in India started posting frantic messages, hoping for a miracle.

Protecting unauthorised colonies during a disaster is another challenge that the administration faces.

The Education department has decided that it will now monitor all nursery schools and playschools running on private land as well.

The draft also includes modifications to approval plans, which include reducing approval time to 30 days for plots measuring between 150 sq mts and 10,000 sq mts.

Congress candidate Rekha Rani secured more votes than the number of seats the party holds in the corporation.

“The issue has now been forwarded to the legal department of the DDA which is being examined,” Vice Chairman DDA Balwinder Kumar said.

The court had also sought reply from the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University (UP), from where the law minister said he had graduated in science.