Occupants reconstruct jhuggis after the demolition team left Sector 26, Chandigarh, on Friday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
Chandigarh, January 21
A joint team of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation and the Estate Office launched a special drive in the vegetable market, Sector 26, here, today. It demolished nearly 10 illegally constructed shanties during the drive.
The drive was called off after occupants of the shanties protested against the drive due to cold. The officials gave them 15 days to remove the shanties.
Around 50 shanties have been constructed illegally in the mandi. The Market Committee had appealed to the MC and the Estate Office to remove these shanties. Following this, the two departments jointly decided to carry out a demolition drive in the mandi.
An official said encroachments were on the rise in the mandi. Phariwalas have also raised shanties here. A drive would
again be launched to remove the encroachments, if the shanties were not removed soon.
Senior Deputy Mayor Dalip Sharma also reached the spot and appealed to the team members to stop the drive. He said it was not right to displace these people during the nail-biting cold.
As soon as the demolition squad left the spot, occupants started reconstructing jhuggis.
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