Mehrauli Anti-Encroachment Drive: Delhi’s AAP government on Saturday (February 11) asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to stop the anti-encroachment drive in Mehrauli. The officials gave this information. He told PTI that Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot has ordered fresh demarcation in the area.
Officials said that the minister has said that the residents of the area cannot be displaced till the demarcation is done afresh. He claimed that the DDA had taken the revenue department’s demarcation as its basis for demolishing the alleged encroachment.
DDA’s anti-encroachment drive
About 1,200 square meters of government land was reclaimed a day earlier during an anti-encroachment drive in the Mehrauli Archaeological Park area, DDA officials said on Saturday. Earlier, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) continued the anti-encroachment campaign in Mehrauli area for the second consecutive day on Saturday amid protests by the local people.
People said no notice was given
A large number of security personnel were deployed on the spot during the anti-encroachment drive. Residents of the area said that the DDA had demolished two three-storey buildings along with huts near Aulia Masjid at Andheria Mor. Several three and four storey structures were constructed illegally on the agency’s land in Brijwasi’s mango orchard. At the same time, people say that they were not given any prior information from the agency.
Anti-encroachment campaign was started on Friday
A joint team of DDA officials demolished an illegal construction in Ghousia slum colony on Friday. The DDA also demolished a building in Brijwasi Colony and C-Block and partially removed others. These areas are located close to the Mehrauli Archaeological Park. Some of the land here belongs to the DDA, while some other parts, built over the past decade by buildings and slums, are owned by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Waqf Board.
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