The Pioneer 02.05.2013
BMC demolishes illegal portion of building
The anti encroachment squad of the BMC demolished a part of an under construction building in the presence of heavy police force on Wednesday which violated the approved plan near Prabhat petrol pump.
According to the Assistant Engineer of the BMC team Lalji Chouhan, the builders Rakesh Saraf and Anil Jain started the work 2-3 months back and completed the ceiling work of the ground floor rapidly to evade any demolition of the illegal construction.
But few days ago acting on the complaint regarding illegal construction, the action was taken. A notice was already issued to the builders regarding the construction but when the builders were not willing to mend their ways, action was taken against them.
Equipped with the tools of demolition, the squad razed the extra built area which was around 500 sqft. The concrete structure was drilled using JCB machine and the iron rods were broken with the help of gas cutters.
Aditya Joshi, Assistant Engineering of BMC told the builder had obtained building permission but has built additional portion illegally. After Rakesh Saraf and Anil Jain did not reply to the notice, getting orders from the higher officials the anti encroachment squad was dispatched to the spot for removing the illegal construction.
Explaining the reason of demolition Joshi told that the builder has violated the approved plan. The common passage according to the plan was built which is to be demolished.
Both the partners were not present at the time of the demolition. Other contractors who were working for the builder were present at the time of demolition but were not able to comment on the issue as they were not aware of construction in violation to the approved plan.
