2 illegal colonies demolished

Under a drive against unauthorised and unplanned development with a special focus on illegal colonies, the Greater Ludhiana Development Authority (GLADA) on Wednesday demolished two illegal colonies at Threekay and Jhande villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana.

According to an official spokesperson, a special drive has also been launched to take punitive action against those who were fleecing innocent residents under the garb of offering cheaper plots in these unauthorised colonies, which lacked statutory sanction and compliance with the government norms.

In compliance of the demolition orders issued against the unauthorised colonies, the duty magistrate, police force and enforcement team of GLADA comprising office and field staffers, demolished two unauthorised colonies at Threekay and Jhande villages by dismantling their roads, boundary walls, passages, sewer manholes and undergoing illegal constructions and structures on these sites.

“When developers did not stop the illegal construction work despite serving them with the notices, a special team carried out the demolition drive, which went unopposed,” the spokesperson said while adding that in a move to check mushrooming of illegal colonies at the very initial stage, the GLADA was planning more such drives in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the GLADA has appealed to the general public not to purchase property, plots, buildings in unauthorised colonies as GLADA will not provide any facility like water supply, sewerage and electricity connections etc. The list of approved and regularised colonies along with their sanctioned maps was available on the official website of GLADA, which may be checked by the prospective buyers before buying any property.

The GLADA, besides undertaking a demolition drive, has also recommended to the tehsildars concerned for not registering plots in unauthorised colonies.