CHB carries out demolition drive

There are more than 300 houses in the sector where notices had been served by the CHB. The residents were informed about the violations that that were present in their houses and asked to get the violations removed on their own.

The residents of the area,however,claimed that the changes that have been made are need-based .

“The garages that we have constructed are within 70 feet length as per the approved drawing given by the Board. We have not encroached on government land. It is our land and we have paid for it,” said area resident Rajinder Singh.

The residents collected outside their houses as the team went on with its work. One of the residents rued that the balconies had been constructed by them more than a decade ago.

“No action had been taken in all these years. There are certain changes that were required in the houses for us to live comfortably. The housing board should allow these,” asserted a resident.

They had earlier been asked to apply for regularisation of the changes in the houses. Around 70 people had applied. The remaining rue that they did not get the information on time and when they finally got to know about it,they were not provided with the layout plans despite repeated attempts.

The demolition went on till evening. After that the residents got a stay order from a lower court.

CHB Secretary M M Sabharwal said that the people cooperated with CHB during the drive. “We will be examining the stay order and ascertain whether it is for a particular area or for the whole sector. The next course of action will then be decided,” he informed.