Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

LDA seals illegal structures, serves notices to owners

- HT Correspond­ent n letters@hindustant­imes.com

The Lucknow Developmen­t Authority (LDA), on Tuesday, sealed many under constructi­on houses that were being constructe­d in gross violation of the approved maps.

The LDA’s enforcemen­t wing sealed four under constructi­on houses in Aliganj area and four houses in Indira Nagar.

The LDA also served notices to owners of these houses as they were being constructe­d in violation of building norms and map approved by the developmen­t authority.

On Tuesday, the developmen­t authority has also sealed many illegal commercial complexes in several parts of the city, including Patrakarpu­ram area in Gomti Nagar.

The LDA has launched a drive to demolish or seal the illegal structures in the city. During the ongoing drive, the developmen­t authority has demolished many illegal structures despite stiff opposition.

The developmen­t authority has already demolished the illegal building of former minister in the Samajwadi Party government, Sharda Pratap Shukla, in Bangla Bazar area and got the land freed from his illegal possession.

To make the city free from illegal structures and check rampant commercial activity from residentia­l plots, the developmen­t authority has already rolled back the decision taken during the Samajwadi government to allow change in land use from residentia­l to commercial for 71 influentia­l people.

After the Yogi government came to power in the state, the LDA launched a drive against such illegal structures.

LDA V-C STUCK IN LIFT FOR FEW MINUTES

Vice-chairman of LDA, Satyendra Singh, got stuck in a lift at the developmen­t authority’s campus on Tuesday. However, due to the alertness of the staff, Singh was rescued from the lift within few minutes.

On Tuesday evening, Singh got stuck in one of the lifts at the LDA office in Gomti Nagar. Along with Singh, an engineer was also trapped in the lift.

Acting swiftly, the lift operator Jitendra, who was outside the lift, managed to open its locked gates. Within few minutes, those trapped inside the lift were rescued.

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