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Civic body to target only hazardous and polluting businesses due to technical and legal glitches

NEW DELHI: Because of some technical and legal glitches, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is unlikely to go ahead full throttle with its sealing drive due to begin in the city on Friday. It will only target hazardous and polluting businesses in the Capital and not touch properties in colonies that fall under `A' and `B' categories as per the civic body's unit area method of property tax classification.

On Friday morning, senior MCD officials will be meeting the members of the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee to discuss various technicalities and chalk-out a roadmap to carry out the drive in a systematic way. Besides discussing the roads on which the drive will be carried out and businesses to be covered, the other important point of discussion would be on how to target properties in the localities under `A' and `B' categories, except for professional activities covered under the Act, as it involves several foreign missions that enjoy diplomatic immunity.

A senior official informed that businessmen and residents living in posh colonies like Vasant Vihar, Vasant Kunj, Greater Kailash, New Friends Colony, West End, Gulmohar Park, South Extension, Maharani Bagh and Defence Colony that fall under `A' and `B' categories might cry foul if they fail to target embassies or other affiliated institutions in the same locality that are involved in businesses not covered under the new Act.

"It will lead to an embarrassing situation for us and we will have to answer several questions before the Supreme Court. So the best way is to first discuss all such issues and seek instructions and guidelines ," he said, adding that their first and foremost concern was to bring to an end businesses related to "obnoxious, hazardous, inflammable, non-compatible and polluting substance or process" as defined in the Act.

Other primary targets will be shops selling building materials including timber, marble, iron and steel and sand, besides firewood, coal and any fire hazardous materials and other bulky materials.

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