MCD sealing continues, focus on negative list in Master Plan

New Delhi, Sep 8 (UNI) A day after the Centre amended Master Plan, 2001 to allow guest houses, pre-primary schools, nursing homes, and others operating in residential areas, the MCD today said sealing operation would go on but the focus would now be on sealing shops related to items put in the negative list.

''The MCD is carefully studying the revised mixed use regulations in the amended Master Plan notified by the Urban Development Ministry yesterday. We will now hold consultations with the RWAs and other citizen forums and come out with a fresh list of items to be sealed,''MCD spokesperson Deep Mathur said.

He said after due consideration of the amended Master Plan and consultations with RWAs, the MCD would issue a public notice on the items which would fall under the purview of the sealing action.

''Till then, the sealing action will go on. However, the focus of the sealing action will be on the items mentioned under the 'negative list' in the revised mixed use regulations,'' Mr Mathur said.

Meanwhile, the MCD staff faced resistance while removing encroachment at Seelampur in Shahdara (North) Zone.

Deputy Commissioner Mr. A. K. Singh informed that about 1000 people gathered and pelted stones at MCD staff. However, the area DCP and Additional. DCP brought the situation under control and camped there throughout the day. Mr Singh informed FIR has been lodged against the miscreants.

Despite the public resistance, the MCD sealed nearly 40 shops in the area. At the same time, 16 properties were sealed for ongoing unauthorised construction.

In Rohini Zone, eight properties were sealed for misuse while demolition action was taken on as many properties.

In the West Zone, encroachment removal action was taken against DDA Flat owners in Janakpuri with more than 1300 sq. mtr. public land recovered from encroachment.

In Central Zone, three properties were sealed in Lajpat Nagar-IV while in Najafgarh Zone, 13 properties were sealed and demolition action carried out on five others.

In Shahdara (South) Zone, 34 properties were sealed while in South Zone, 25 properties were sealed for misuse. In City Zone, four properties were sealed for misuse and five in Civil Lines Zone and seven for ongoing unauthorised construction.

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