The Statesman               15.05.2013

North Corpn to take action against farmhouses

NEW DELHI, 15 MAY: The booking of farmhouses in North Delhi will be troublesome as the North Corporation is all set to take stern action on the court directive, against all the illegal farmhouses built under its jurisdiction.

According to a North Corporation senior official, the court has directed the civic body to seal the illegal farmhouses and disconnect the electricity and water supply within 24 hours. 

Following the court order, the North Corporation soon will run a drive including sealing and demolition, against such farmhouses in the city, wherein the people who have booked these farmhouses for functions will suffer.  "The order is applicable to all the farm houses in the jurisdiction of the three municipal corporations and action will be taken against those flouting norms and using their farm houses for organising marriages and other social functions," said Y S Mann, Director, Press and Information, of North and East Corporation. 

In 2008,  a notice had been issued to 15 farmhouses under the DMC act. Wherein two farm houses - JKS Lawns and Indraprasthan Lawns on Rohtak Road-- approached the Appellate Tribunal of MCD when the Corporation sealed them along with six other farm houses. 'They kept on running the farm houses illegally and are suspected to have connived with the officials for obtaining clearances of the civic body,' observed the court.

The Times of India                15.05.2013

Indore Municipal Corporation serves notice to residents for using residential area for commercial purpose

INDORE: Giving new twist to parking conflict at jail Road between residents and shopkeepers Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Tuesday served notices to the residents of the areas for using their properties commercially without proper permission.

The civic body issued notices to 35 persons, including 26 residential property's owners of Lodhi Mohalla and 9 of Jail Road area.

IMC official said after survey of the area it was found that residents of the area have sanctioned their maps as residential from civic body but they are using it commercially and making profit out of it. Most of the residents have constructed shops in their houses. Now civic body has asked them to shut down the shops and other commercial activities being operated within a week time.

Notably, a dispute is going on between the members of Jail Road merchant association and the residents of this area over parking for the last few weeks.

The residents of Lodhi Mohalla Rahwashi Sangh had taken up the issue with local MLA Ashwin Joshi, IMC commissioner Rakesh Singh and Traffic DSP Pradeep Singh Chouhan and apprised them about the problem of parking. Following municipal commissioner had asked civic official to carry out survey of the area. Report of the survey has come against residents putting them in spot.