Started on 10 February, the DDA's demolition drive will reportedly continue till 9 March, despite a Delhi government order for fresh demarcation of the disputed area.
Police are now accompanying revenue teams during anti-encroachment drives. TRF also provokes people to torch houses of government & revenue officials in their neighbourhoods.
In 2019, Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot government 'asked' the Jaipur Development Authority to ‘rein in’ encroachers. According to JDA data, it has demolished 76 big buildings since.
Expert panel from Jadavpur University was hired by Kolkata Municipal Corporation in the wake of serious damage to old buildings amid work on the East-West Metro project.
A number of 'illegal' financial assets of criminals have been demolished this year by the state’s civic authorities in coordination with the police, and 'according to the law’.
People who watched the demolition live believe that this would set a “precedent for land mafias”. Noida Authority official said a boundary wall of a nearby society was alone damaged.
Traffic diversions announced, residents evacuated, Noida airspace declared ‘no-fly’ zone, beds reserved in hospitals in the locality, stray animals from the area taken away for the day.
The task is challenging as it has to be done without affecting nearby societies Emerald Court & ATS Green. Vibration from the blast will be less than recent tremors, claims an expert.
32 MLAs — 30 from AAP and 2 from BJP — have highlighted encroachments as a major problem in their areas. Both parties have been known to target each other over demolition drives.
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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