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Illegal buildings generate heat

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`MCD has failed to take strict action against erring engineers'

NEW DELHI: The issue of unauthorised constructions in the Capital once again generated a lot of heat at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday with councillors of both the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party accusing the executive wing, particularly its assistant engineers and junior engineers, of having failed to check ongoing illegal constructions across the city.

They also criticised Municipal Commissioner A.K.Nigam for having failed to take action against the guilty assistant engineers and junior engineers despite strict directions from the court and pending inquiries against them. Alleging that there was "deep-rooted" corruption in the civic body administration that was responsible for all the civic woes, the Councillors claimed that unauthorised constructions and illegal commercialisation of residential areas were still continuing across the Capital due to the nexus between realtors, property dealers and MCD engineers.

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