Sealing to resume tomorrow in notified area units violating MPD norm

New Delhi, Mar 27 (UNI) Sealing will resume tomorrow in shops in notified areas operating in violation of norms laid down by the 2021 Master Plan of Delhi.

MCD sources said shops in 11 units of Delhi will face the sealing action in the drive, set to resume tomorrow, following orders of the Supreme Court, asking the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to resume the sealing drive.

''Commercial units running illegally in mixed land-use roads will be sealed from tomorrow,''MCD spokesperson Deep Mathur said.

However, when asked as to which roads would be targetted, Mr Mathur said directions in this regard would be given by the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee tomorrow morning.

''At a meeting earlier in the day, the DCs of 11 zones, barring Narela (where there is no notified area), have been asked to remain prepared for orders to seal shops in notified areas which were violating MPD 2021 norms''he said.

Mr mathur said the MCD has asked the Delhi Police to provide additional force to provide security for its sealing squads.

''The Delhi Police has agreed to provide adequate police personnel for the MCD sealing squads,''Mr Mathur said.

With the MCD polls just over a week away, the court order to carry out sealing has set off a flurry of activity in political circles in Delhi.

Union Minister of state for Urban development Ajay Maken on Sunday sought to allay apprehensions among traders by assuring them that there would be no sealing on 99.5 per cent roads.

On the other hand, it has given a political plank to the opposition BJP.

Talking to reporters today, senior BJP leader V K Malhotra, expressing concern over the impending sealing tomorrow which he claimed would affect over 50,000 shops, held the Congress responsible.

''We are concerned over the sealing in Delhi, which is to start tomorrow, and would be affecting 50,000 shops. The Congress is responsible for it as it did not come out with an amnesty plan,''Mr Malhotra said Wherever demonstrations or protests take place against the sealing drive, the BJP would participate in them, he added.

UNI