The South Delhi Municipal Corporation's 'Nodal Steering Committee' (NSC) on Tuesday took serious note of the mushrooming of unauthorised construction and action taken on the part of the zonal building department. The committee stressed upon the need of catching the big fish. The decision was taken in 52nd meeting of SDMC on Tuesday.
The NSC said no unauthorised construction should go unnoticed and after detection of any such construction, immediate steps will be taken to prevent the same as per law. The NSC also asked the zonal deputy commissioner (DC) to give a list of five commercial properties under their jurisdiction in which action has been taken against unauthorised construction along with photographs.
It also directed all DC's to identify five big commercial properties which have unauthorised construction and to send a report on action taken or proposed to be taken in ten days. The NSC instructed to submit action taken against those 130 buildings referred in a decision of high court in matter of NGO v/s SDMC by Wednesday failing which erring officers will be taken to the task.
The meeting was attended by all members of NSC, zonal deputy Commissions of SDMC, concerned staff of the building department, and senior officers of the building department of the east and north MCD.
The committee asked the DC's to inspect the area under their jurisdiction and identify within ten days, all properties wherein the construction of fourth and above floors/ commercial construction is being carried out unauthorisedly.
It also directed the DC's to intimate the names of separate teams constituted by them for detection and demolition of unauthorised constructions.
NSC further directed all DC's to give a certificate to the effect that no further construction on the properties which are under litigation has been carried out and if any construction has taken place, action taken against the concerned erring officers during the pendency of the court case.