1 hour ago
1
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) carried retired a demolition thrust successful southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj area, removing respective under-construction structures that it said had travel up illegally connected the Yamuna floodplain’s ecologically delicate O-Zone, wherever caller operation is prohibited.
A elder MCD authoritative said the enactment was constricted to recently built and under-construction structures. “Only under-construction structures connected the floodplain are being demolished,” the authoritative said, adding that the anti-encroachment thrust would continue. The authoritative besides noted that astir drives successful the O-Zone are carried retired by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), with the MCD providing assistance.
The demolition was conducted with the enactment of the Delhi Police amid information deployment. The structures, according to the official, were portion of a slum clump successful the Khadar region.
The enactment comes weeks aft the Delhi High Court reiterated that nary caller operation tin beryllium permitted successful the Yamuna floodplain’s O-Zone. In an bid dated May 23, the tribunal observed that residential colonies successful the country were “completely impermissible” and directed authorities to guarantee that nary caller operation takes place, including nether the guise of repairs oregon renovation. However, it noted that 91 unauthorised colonies successful the O-Zone are protected from demolition until December 31, 2026, nether the Delhi Special Provisions Act.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta past week said the court’s directions use lone to caller constructions and not to existing structures covered nether ineligible protection.
MCD Standing Committee Chairperson Satya Sharma said surveys of unauthorised constructions and buildings violating permissible tallness norms had been intensified pursuing caller incidents. “Strict enactment volition beryllium taken based connected the survey. Anyone without a valid licence oregon recovered violating MCD rules volition look action,” she said.
According to the Revenue Department’s regular inspection report, 42 sites were inspected crossed Delhi connected Tuesday, taking the full fig surveyed betwixt June 5 and June 16 to 815. During the day, 13 demolition notices were issued, enactment was taken against amerciable constructions astatine 13 properties, 5 premises were sealed, and 25 show-cause notices were issued. Since the crackdown began, the MCD has carried retired 230 demolitions and sealed 242 properties crossed the city.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged that demolitions successful O-Zone areas were continuing contempt assurances from BJP leaders and demanded that the Centre enact a instrumentality to supply ineligible extortion to residents of the 91 colonies.
