Additional Chief Secretary Om Prakash has informed on Saturday that under the anti-encroachment drive conducted on the day, 179 illegal encroachments have been demolished and 66 illegal encroachments have been identified aside from one building being sealed. Till date, a total of 4012 illegal encroachments have been demolished, 7397 illegal encroachments have been identified and 109 buildings have been sealed, he added.
He said that acting on the order of the High Court, the drive by Mussoorie-Dehradun Development Authority, Municipal Corporation, Dehradun and district administration has been going in full swing. He heaped praise on the sincerity being shown by the officers and employees of anti-encroachment task force in removing illegal encroachments as per the HC’s order. He asked the anti-encroachment task force officials to patiently hear out the complaints and objections of the people whose buildings are being demolished before they undertake the demolition work.
He also asked the officials to ensure that the debris from the boundary walls and buildings do not pose any problem for the commuters during the rains. He said that the work to remove the debris should be speeded up. He said that the encroachments within the limits of Dehradun Municipal Corporation will be removed at all cost and no encroacher how so ever influential, will be spared. “No encroachment would be spared the drive, no matter how influential they are. We are committed to execute the order of the High Court in the right spirit,” he said, adding that the city would soon be freed from the squatters as desired by the High Court.