Structures razed in unauthorised colony of Yamunanagar village

A team of the Town and Country Planning Department carried out a demolition drive in an unauthorised colony at a village in Yamunanagar district.

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The team demolished damp proof courses (DPCs) and a network of kutcha roads in the said unauthorised colony. District Town Planner Rajesh Kumar said they detected an unauthorised colony, which was being developed in the revenue area of Chanda Khedi village, falling under Bilaspur tehsil of the district. He said that this unauthorised colony fell in a controlled area where no plotting or construction work could be carried out without taking necessary permissions from the Town and Country Planning Department.

He said as per the orders of the Deputy Commissioner, Parth Gupta, they with the help of Duty Magistrate (Naib Tehsildar of Bilaspur), the SHO of Bilaspur and the team of State Enforcement Bureau carried out a demolition drive in the said unauthorised colony. “Our team demolished the kutcha roads and DPCs in an area of about four acres of the illegal colony,” said Kumar.

He said notices were issued to the defaulters as per rules under the Controlled Area 41 of 1963. “The defaulters did not comply with the departmental orders. The land owners and other involved persons did not take necessary permissions before setting up the illegal colony. Therefore, an action of demolition was taken in this illegal colony,” said DTP Rajesh Kumar. Deputy Commissioner Parth Gupta has appealed to the general public that no one should buy or sell any plot in any illegal colony.

He said if any person was found carrying out construction work in the illegal colony, he himself would be responsible for it as the district administration would continue its action of demolition in the unauthorised colonies.