Municipal corporations on Monday sealed 75 properties and shops for misusing spaces. Besides, North Corporation also demolished a 700 yards building at Bazar Sikrawalan for unauthorised construction.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation sealed 50 points of 19 properties in the three zones- West, Central and South.
A senior official said that in west zone, the officials of building department on the direction of the empowered committee sealed five properties at 10 points for misuse in the stilt parking. “Some of the units sealed include Dream Heritage Banquet, Makhan Banquet and Akash Institute,” he said.
He also said that10 properties at 28 points sealed for mixed land misuse in Kailash Colny and lala lajpat Rai Road. Also four properties sealed at 12 points in D Block, Defence colony for misuse in the stilt parking area.
North Corporation sealed 18 properties in the areas of Prashant Vihar, Rohini sector 7 & 29, Pitampura. While the east corporation sealed six properties in Sukh Vihar and Radheshyam Park areas.
Traders in the national capital hit hard after building department of the municipal corporations had started sealing business establishments for non-payment of conversion charges, encroachment, and illegal construction on the instructions of the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee. In the drive, thousands of shops have been sealed since last December and there is still no sigh of relief amid all the coordinated efforts put up by all the regarding stakeholders.
Forced with the circumstances that seem to be incessant, traders associations have announced to hold a mega rally on December 28 to lodge a strong protest against the drive.