The 69th meeting of the Special Task Force, DDA, was attended by officers from all the local bodies and other concerned agencies. The progress of the complaints received up to June 30 was reviewed.
In total, 86,386 complaints have been received in STF till June 30, and action on 82,068 complaints has been initiated. Since the constitution of STF in 2018, 3,647 unauthorised constructions have been demolished and more than 2,454 properties have been sealed. The chairman of STF directed the ULBs to take the matter of pendency seriously and expedite the action on the pending cases.
The ‘Encroachment Removal Action’ was undertaken by NDMC at areas including Connaught Place, Palika Bazar, Gole Market, Janpath, Shankar Market, LBN, Sarojini Nagar and Chanakyapuri, VIP area.
The drive was undertaken by SDMC at Bandh Road, Sangam Vihar, PVR Saket, Pramod Mahajan Road, Press Enclave Road, and Malviya Nagar Market, Hospital Road, School Road, Gol Chakkar.
DDA removed 23 illegal/unauthorised borewells behind Smritivan at Sarai Kale Khan to stop water extraction from Yamuna flood plains. Two Joint demolition programmes were undertaken by North DMC and Revenue department in Burari. The area of land reclaimed is 7,500 sq m.
