The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to respond to a review petition filed after the court dismissed a plea to scrap the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor in South Delhi. The review petition said the court had rejected the plea without considering the aspect that the 5.8-km stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand was against norms stipulated in the Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021. “The government counsel should seek instruction from the Transport department regarding the width of the road from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand by November 21,” a Bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Manmohan Singh said. The Bench also told the counsel for the petitioner — NGO Nyaya Bhoomi — that the contention that the BRT violates MPD 2021 was not mentioned in their original writ petition. The High Court, on October 18, held that the BRT corridor project was not an “irrational decision” of the government and had dismissed the plea to scrap it after a nine-month hearing. The review petition has referred to the court’s observation that the controversy over the BRT erupted because the Delhi government had chosen one of the “narrowest” and most “congested” stretches for its pilot project. “The MPD 2021 is a statutory plan and has the force of law. According to the Master Plan, the BRT cannot exist on a road less than 45 metres wide,” the plea said. B B Sharan, president of the NGO, said: “The Master Plan states that the BRT should be on a road where the total width is 45 metres and above. However, this court has inadvertently computed 45 metres as 100 feet, whereas 45 metres is about 150 feet.” “The MPD mandates maximum use and utilisation of the road, but in this BRT project, 45 per cent of the road space is under-utilised,” the plea said.