The building department of South Zone has launched massive demolition and sealing action drive against unauthorized constructions in different areas of South Delhi and sealed or demolished 121properties in areas like Said-ul-Azaib, Khirki Extension, Panchsheel Vihar, Greater Kailash-II, Chhattarpur, Freedom Fighter Enclave, Neb Sarai, Vasant Kunj in last two months.
The department of SDMC’s South Zone also took massive action against the unauthorized construction, demolished a huge under-constructed building in Said-ul-Ajaib area, a senior SDMC official said, adding that the building was booked for unauthorized construction.
The department demolished the building completely under provisions of the DMC Act 1957. It was observed that some unscrupulous builders carried out the deviations against sanctioned building plans or total unauthorized construction in blatant violations of Master Plan-2021, Unified Building Bye-Laws and DMC Act, 1957, it said.
The official said that many offenders have also been prosecuted under the DMC Act, 1957 and criminal cases have been lodged with the police authorities during the last two months against them massive demolition actions have been taken by the department with a view to discouraging the unauthorized construction activities by unscrupulous builders.
During these actions, the properties have been left in uninhabitable conditions so that the same cannot be used for habitable or other purposes and there remains no scope for further unauthorized constructions, he said.
However, there was stiff resistance on some occasions from the owners local residents who tried to create ruckus and hindrances to thwart the demolition staff from taking the demolition actions but overcoming all such hindrances, successful demolition and sealing actions were taken by the building department,” he said.