The Hindu : New Delhi News : 150 shops sealed, 41 structures demolished as drive continues

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

New Delhi

New Delhi

150 shops sealed, 41 structures demolished as drive continues

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Squads of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday continued targeting illegal shops and unauthorised structures across the city.

More than 150 shops operating illegally from residential areas were sealed, while 41 unauthorised structures were demolished. Besides sealing three guest houses in South Delhi, the MCD officials carried out the sealing drive in four zones -- West, Shahdara-South, Civil Lines and Central -- covering Hamilton Road, South Extension, Ashok Vihar, Prashant Vihar, Bhajanpura, Preet Vihar, Greater Kailash-I, Kirti Nagar, Rajouri Garden and Mansarovar Garden. The MCD officials also de-sealed 42 shops in five civic zones.

As part of its demolition drive, the civic body bulldozers razed boundary walls of more than three-dozen houses at Aya Nagar that were built on public land, besides targeting illegal structures in Saket and Greater Kailash-I market. Demolitions were also carried out on Mall Road, Burari, Patel Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Rohini, Sadar Bazar, Janakpuri, Rajouri Garden and Tilak Nagar.

Since the drive began in mid-December, the civic body's squads have targeted over 2,500 illegal structures against the target of 18,000 illegal structures that have come up between 2001 and 2005. Similarly, the MCD has sealed nearly 14,000 illegal shops besides de-sealing over 5,000 shops.

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