In Faridabad, illegal colonies detected over 250 acres

Tribune News Service
Faridabad, July 31

The Town and Country Planning Department has detected that 60 residential localities have come up in the district in the past seven years. These localities are spread over 250 acres of land.

The illegal colonies with 50 to 200 houses are located in villages of Kidawali, Dadasiya, Korali, Jajru, Bhopani, Kailgaon, Nachauli, Newada, Palwali, Qureshipur, Seekri, Saroorpur and Palla in the district.

These colonies are in addition to 66 which were regularised in 2014-15. Many houses in the illegal colonies have been registered and have power connections.

An official, on the condition of anonymity, said a comprehensive survey of illegal colonies was yet to be carried out, but rough estimates suggest that illegal colonies on 250 to 300 acres came up in the past seven years.

Sources in the local administration say the illegal construction continues unabated on the back of political patronage to property dealers, who carry out their business in cahoots with land registration officers.

Naresh Kumar, District Town Planner (Enforcement), claimed: “No new colony has been constructed this year so far. All illegal constructions detected so far came up in already existing colonies. More than 20 illegal

structures in colonies that were built in 2013 were demolished.”

“We have lodged 56 FIRs. Since January,

400 new and illegal constructions have been razed,” he added.