In the ongoing sealing drive carried out by all three municipal corporations on the instructions of the Supreme Court-empowered Monitoring Committee, 52 shops were sealed for a number of reasons, including misusing spaces, non-payment of conversion charges, encroachment and illegal construction in the national Capital on Monday.
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) sealed 29 properties at 63 points in areas of central and west zones under its jurisdiction.
A senior SDMC official said the building department of central zone sealed 16 properties at 50 points in Kalkaji for misuse in stilt parking while13 properties were also sealed at 13 points in A- block of Rajouri Garden for misusing properties.
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) also sealed eight properties in Bhajanpura and Brahampuri. The EDMC official also said 20 vehicles have also been impounded from Seelampur for wrong parking.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) also sealed 15 properties at Karol Bagh, Bhagwan Dass Nagar AND Kishan Ganj market.
Traders in the national Capital have been hit hard after building department of the municipal corporations had started sealing business establishments. Thousands of shops have been sealed since last December and there is still no sign of relief amid all the efforts put up by all concerned stakeholders.