The building department of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation sealed two farm houses Royal Gold Farmhouse and Kailash Farmhouse for misusing the properties. Taking a similar action, South Delhi Municipal Corporation also sealed 30 properties in Lajpat Nagar.
The south civic body had already served notices to 16 motels in Najafgarh Zone and 20 motels in the South Zone. Interestingly, not even a single notice has been served to the farmhouses that fall under the jurisdiction of the South Corporation. While the north corporation claimed to have surveyed 41 properties and served notices to 26 motels and six farmhouses comes under Narela and Civil Line Zone.
A senior SDMC official said the building departments carried out action on the direction of the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee. Local Police help were also taken, he said.
Motels and party lawns in areas under SDMC are rampant and running while having “additional built-up areas, violating MCD and green norms with impunity” and are still running without facing any action.
The sealing drive in the city had begun late December with sealing of major shops and eateries in the posh Defence Colony.