THE NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ACT, 1994 · STREETS — Construction, maintenance and improvement of streets
Section 205 — Power to make new public streets
The Chairperson may at any time with the previous sanction of the Council,—
(a)lay out and make new public streets;
(b)construct bridges and sub-ways;
(c)turn or divert any existing public street; and
(d)lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or streets in any part of New Delhi notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in the vicinity has been received.