With an aim to curb pollution, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Thursday sealed nine factories in Tugalkabad Extension and resealed 27 factories in Meethpur area that were made operational illegally even after being sealed earlier by the corporation. Also, a few flats were sealed by the building department of Najafgarh Zone.
The corporation taking the legal course will also register an FIR against these errant operators, a senior SDMC official said.
The SDMC has intensified action against factories running in non-conforming areas under which the factory licensing department of the Central Zone on Thursday conducted sealing action against factories situated in Tugalkabad Extension, the official said.
“9 factories were sealed and 4 were locked and their power connections were also disconnected,” he said.
24 factories out of those factories wherein power connections were disconnected earlier have also been vacated today,” he said.
The official further said that the will also take against those who had tempered with the sealing. “The action was taken after the department received several complaints regarding functioning of factories which were earlier sealed,” he said.
Further, the department demolished a building illegally constructed in Sagarpur.