17 persons, 2 firms booked for carving out illegal colonies

Shiv Kumar Sharma
Tribune News Service
Yamunanagar, February 20

The Town and Country Planning Department, Yamunanagar, has got six FIRs registered against 17 persons (colonisers/property dealers and land owners) and two firms (developers) for allegedly carving out unauthorised colonies at five places falling under notified urban area of Yamunanagar and Jagadhri.

On the complaint of Yamunanagar District Town Planner (DTP) Amit Madholia and Field Investigator Mohit Sharma, the FIRs were registered under Section 10 of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Area Act, 1975 at police stations in the district on Wednesday.

According to information, the accused were carving out unauthorised colonies and promoting illegal construction on agriculture land in Buria town, Bhambholi, Golanpur, Kansapur and Ratoli villages without obtaining licences from the Director, Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana.

DTP Amit Madholia issued show-cause notices to the colonisers/property dealers and land owners under various sections of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Area Act, 1975. But, violators failed to reply to the notices, following which the DTP carried out a demolition drive in those unauthorised colonies and lodged police complaints to register FIRs against them.

“We have detected most of the unauthorised colonies and action, including registration of FIRs, is being taken against those responsible. We are also creating awareness among people of the district to not buy plots in such colonies,” said Madholia.

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