Indian Express 25.05.2010
50 Mohali encroachers get eviction notice
Express News Service Tags : encroachment Posted: Tue May 25 2010, 05:30 hrs
Mohali: The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has issued notices to around 50 encroachers in different parts of the city. They have been asked to vacate government land, failing which the illegal structures will be removed forcibly and penal action would be initiated against them.Almost half of the identified encroachments include religious places.
Confirming the development, GMADA Estate Officer Balbir Singh Dhol said action was initiated after receiving reports from the field staff on the unauthorised and illegal use of GMADA land across the city.
“No matter what type of structure it is, we are bound to remove all encroachments, which come to our notice,” averred Dhol, while dismissing allegations that the drive was aimed at religious places.
The estate officer said that the field staff was asked to identify encroachments in their respective areas and following the receipt of their reports, notices were issued to the defaulters.
Since December 2009 when I assumed charge of the office, I take certificates from the field staff every month that no new encroachment has surfaced in their area. In case of any fresh encroachment, the field staffer concerned is taken to task,” Dhol said. The action follows in the wake of increasing number of encroachments on government land and roadsides in almost all parts of the district.
In the absence of any strict action, green belts, vacant areas around houses and shops, road berms and even public passages have been encroached upon.
