Unauthorised constructions have been found in at least 33 properties in North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Karol Bagh Zone, where a three-storeyed building had collapsed claiming ten lives.
The municipal commissioner of the NDMC on Sunday ordered an extensive survey of all old buildings in all its six zones to identify those which are dangerous.
The survey began on Sunday from the Karol Bagh Zone and a total of 2,339 properties under it were surveyed by eight different teams.
Out of the those 2,339 properties, “ongoing unauthorised construction” was observed in 33 properties, the NDMC said in a statement on Monday.
Stop-work notices were issued to the violators on the spot, it said.
On Saturday, the 50-year-old dilapidated four-storeyed building had collapased in Inderlok’s Tulsi Nagar under the Karol Bagh Zone of the corporation.
Taking stern action against unauthorised constructions, the NDMC also demolished illegally developed portions in 17 properties in Karol Bagh and Sadar Pahar Ganj Zones, it said.
The corporation will continue its drive to curb illegal construction. Meanwhile, Congress councillor and leader of the opposition in the NDMC, Mukesh Goel, area councillor (ward no. 74 - Inderlok Colony) Prerna Singh along with family members of the victims of Inderlok building collapse incident on Monday met the NDMC’s commissioner Praveen Gupta and demanded a compensation of Rs.5 lakh for the deceased and Rs.2 lakh for the injured. —PTI
