Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) anti-encroachment team demolished Madhuvan Marriage Garden that was illegally constructed over 1.5 acre land, near Hoshangabad road on Wednesday. It was a major action against encroachment by BMC against any establishment for not having necessary building permissions.
BMC anti-encroachment team demolished the marriage garden and restaurant with help of JCB machines and it took over five hours to demolish construction over 1.5 acre lands and the boundary wall. During the demolishing work heavy police force was present; also large number of citizens surrounded the area to witness the demolishing work. According to BMC officials, DS Shukla owner of Madhuban marriage Garden constructed it around a year ago but he did not neither acquired any building permission from the BMC nor was the layout of the marriage garden was permitted by Town and Country Planning (T&CP). BMC served notice to Shukla under section 302, 303 and 307 of Madhya Pradesh Municipality act 1956 on several occasions when none of the notice was answered BMC anti-encroachment team took action.
Earlier, a complaint was lodged with lokayukta that the marriage garden did not have necessary permissions. It is worth mentioning that a restaurant with kitchen and shed were also constructed over 8,000 square foot land of the total 1.5 acre. Anti encroachment team consisted of assistant engineers, deputy engineers, more than 100 employees of anti-encroachment department, two JCB machines and 10 dumpers.
On this basis BMC team reached the site around 3 pm and with help of three JCB machines demolished the marriage garden.