GURUGRAM: The enforcement wing of town and country planning department (DTCP) inspected and cleared encroachments in the common areas of Sapphire Mall in Sector 83 and Sapphire 90 Mall in Sector 90.
District town planner (enforcement) Manish Yadav said, “During the inspection, encroachments in front of shops were removed immediately and a warning was issued to shopkeepers asking them not to repeat the offence. Both malls were inspected by junior engineers and field technicians.”
“The enforcement office have been receiving complaints on encroachments in common areas of both the malls. When the enforcement team inspected malls on Wednesday, they found the claims to be true. The encroachments found in front of the shops included illegally installed kiosks and goods dumped restricting free or easy movement of visitors,” an official said.
In the corridor too, around four to five feet of space was encroached upon by the shop owners. The team first directed all the shopkeepers to move their goods inside and gave a strict warning. The team plans to revisit the malls in a week or so and take legal action if violations are repeated.
Meanwhile, demolition drives were carried out in Sultanpur and Farrukhnagar and three illegal colonies were razed using earthmovers in presence of police.
One of the colonies was carved out in Farrukhnagar village having an area measuring approx. three acres wherein seven structures, including a property dealer’s office, was demolished. Two other unauthorised colonies carved out in the revenue estate of Sultanpur village, spread over 3.5 acres, were demolished.
Yadav appealed to locals that they should not invest their hard earned money in such unauthorised colonies and should contact the DTP office before buying any land or plot.
