As part of the ongoing sealing drive, three municipal corporations of Delhi on Tuesday sealed 119 properties for misusing of stilt parking and illegal constructions. South Delhi Municipal Corporation sealed 49 properties in three zones while North and East civic bodies sealed 38 and 32 properties respectively.
The Building Department of SDMC sealed 16 properties in Raghubir Nagar, 17 properties in Sarvpriya Vihar Colony, 16 properties in Amar Colony. Among those sealed are Sultanat, Wahji Wah, Junglecafe, my spa, concretejungle, tafri French Kiss café, and chumbak.
Meanwhile, North Delhi Municipal Corporation conducted sealing drive in Naraina Vihar and Paschim Vihar in which 38 properties sealed.
East Corporation sealed 32 properties in Swasthya Vihar, Vivek Vihar and Shakarpur.
"The order was issued by the committee appointed by the SC and we have acted accordingly. There is no need for sending any prior notice just before the action in that case," said a senior official from SDMC.
Traders in the national Capital have been hit hard after building the department of the municipal corporations initiated sealing business establishments for non-payment of conversion charges, encroachment and illegal construction on the instructions of the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee.
Thousands of shops have been sealed since last December and there is still no sign of relief amid all the coordinated efforts put up by all concerned.
The SC-appointed monitoring committee, which was revived on December 15 last year, has three members including former adviser to the Election Commission KJ Rao, chairman of Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) Bhure lal and Major General (retd) Som Jhingan.