Anti-encroachment action rumbles on in parts of city
HT Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Roadside encroachments were removed in several parts of the city during the ongoing drive against illegal structures by the municipal corporations on Thursday with bulldozers seen in action in areas such as KN Katju Marg in Rohini, Prem Nagar, Khyala and Dilshad Garden.
According to civic officials, 120 roadside shanties and other temporary structures were removed on KN Katju Marg, ramps and stairs built over drains were cleared in west Delhi’s Chand Nagar, 20 truckloads of scrap was removed from Prem Nagar in Karol Bagh, illegal structures raised by street vendors were removed in Turkman Gate area.
North MCD commissioner Sanjay Goel said the drive along KN Katju Marg focused on removing shanties along the busy road stretch. He said two bulldozers, eight dumper trucks and around 28 other trucks were used to remove the debris from the 1.5kmlong stretch. “During the encroachment removal drive on KN Katju Marg, 120 temporary structures and jhuggis were removed. Similarly, the drive at Prem Nagar, in Karol Bagh, led to vacation of 3000 sq meters of area,” Goel said.
The civic body also removed 22 vendors from Turkman Gate area in central Delhi. The commissioner said that the action is an attempt to clear pedestrian walkways and roads from encroachments to ease the traffic and pedestrian movement. “Such drives on public roads are carried out regularly across all MCD zones.,” Goel said.
East MCD mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that the civic body on Thursday removed illegal vendors and structures from footpaths in Dallupura, Dilshad garden, Kanti Nagar and New Ashok Nagar. “We have received representations from various RWAS for such drives in their areas. Corporation is carrying of the drives for public welfare,” he added.
The South MCD removed encroachments in Madanpur Khadar, Sriniwaspuri, Khayala, Sagarpur and Dabri.