No sealing till Apr 8 : MCD

New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) There will be no sealing of commercial units in Delhi till April 8 because of non-availability of police force for the operation.

An MCD spokesperson said since bulk of the police personnel in Delhi would be engaged in manning security for the MCD polls, scheduled to be held on April 5, they have expressed its inability to provide force for the sealing drive.

Therefore, the sealing drive would remain suspended till April 8, when the process for the MCD elections gets over, the spokesman added.

While the polls to the MCD are scheduled on April 5, the counting of votes will take place on April 7.

Meanwhile, in course of its drive to seal commercial units operating in violation to the 2021 Delhi Master Plan, the MCD today put to seal 13 commercial units in Rohini and South zones, the spokesperson said.

While nine shops were sealed on Geetanjali road in South Zone, four units were sealed on the Jaipur Golden hospital road in Rohini zone.

With today's sealing operation, the number of units put to seal by the MCD since the sealing drive began on March 28, on orders of the Supreme Court, has reached 140.

UNI