With an aim to provide safety to the citizens of the city, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started an operation to demolish the ramshackle and dilapidated buildings of the city.
The BMC had decided to identify the dilapidated and dangerous buildings in the city, in view of the heavy downpour in the city for past 24 hours. Following instructions of the BMC Commissioner Vishesh Gadpale for demolishing the ramshackle buildings, officers of engineering department of the BMC started the operation.
The operation started on Wednesday with demolishing one wall in Bairagarh, three ramshackle buildings in Gujarpura, balcony of houses in the Municipal Corporation colony and the part of house in loha Bazar. Moreover, a house in Durga Chowk Taliya and the illegal houses build under the water tank in Kotra were also demolished.
With the help of engineering department BMC demolished the wall of the building owned by Dilip Deenani in Sanjay Nagar, Zone 1. Dilip Deenani was also present during the operation. Three old buildings in Gujarpura were vacated and demolished with the help of JCB machine and workers. Moreover, the balconies and railings of houses constructed in Municipal Corporation colony were vacated and then demolished. First and second storey of the building in Durga Chowk Taliya was also demolished.
Three houses constructed illegally below the water tank in Kotra Sultanabaad were vacated and demolished with the help of police force.
The Corporation has issued notices to the owners of the depilated buildings on the onset of monsoon under the BMC act and asked them to demolish their ramshackle houses on their own failing that the corporation carried out the operation and demolished these buildings.