NDMC to take strict action against illegal mobile towers

July 23, 2014 10:42 am | Updated 10:42 am IST - New Delhi:

The Wards Committee chairman of the Karol Bagh Zone of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has directed officials to take strict action against unauthorised constructions and illegal mobile towers in the zone, the civic body said on Tuesday.

At least 126 unauthorised constructions have been reported in Karol Bagh Zone in the past 50 days, chairman, Wards Committee of Karol Bagh Zone Rajesh Bhatia said.

All engineers in the zone have been instructed to take strict actions against any such violations, he said in a statement released by the NDMC on Tuesday.

Illegal constructions were removed in seven of the already flagged properties and 37 properties where constructions were ongoing, it said.

Notice against 35 properties

Twenty-one properties where it was not possible to remove constructions were sealed and 35 properties were issued notice as commercial activity was going on there in violation of the usage law.

Meanwhile, 514 properties where constructions are going on in violation of the building by-laws have been issued stop-work notice, it said. According to the statement, only 287 out of the 581 mobile towers in Karol Bagh Zone are legal. And 162 towers have been booked as unauthorised.

Show cause notice has been issued to owners of 133 mobile towers. Twenty-nine towers have also been sealed, it said. —PTI

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