Bulldozer can run in Shaheen Bagh today, MCD's big action will be taken on encroachment

New Delhi: The action of the Municipal Corporation against illegal constructions and occupations is going on in Delhi. Bulldozers are likely to run in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh today i.e. on May 9. In many parts of South Delhi, this action of the first phase of the Municipal Corporation will continue from May 4 to May 13. On the first day of the anti-encroachment drive, South MCD had bulldozers operated in the areas of MB Road and Karni Singh Shooting Range. In a letter to the South and South East DCPs, it has been said that on May 9, a bulldozer will run in the Shaheen Bagh area. The corporation has also demanded adequate force from the police for this.

According to the action plan of South MCD, action will be taken against illegal encroachments from Shaheen Bagh G Block to Jasola and Jasola Nala to Kalindi Kunj Park on Monday and encroachment will be removed. Let us inform that earlier, after removing the encroachments in Jahangirpuri and Tughlakabad of Delhi, bulldozers were to be run in the areas of Shaheen Bagh on Thursday, May 5, but the officers and bulldozers of the corporation had also reached the spot, but there was no police presence. Because of this the campaign had to be postponed.

Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the order to remove the illegally built settlements in Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi. It has been said in the petition that the authorities have made a plan to demolish the slums and it is going to be implemented in the next week. It is also mentioned in the petition that on May 4 this week, bulldozers were run on the buildings of the poor in Sangam Vihar. Now till Monday, it has been announced to do the same in Okhla Shaheen Bagh.

It is worth noting that Shaheen Bagh comes under the jurisdiction of SDMC and in December 2019 there was a prolonged sit-in protest against the amended citizenship law in this area. This sit-in demonstration ended in March 2020 after the outbreak of the Kovid epidemic. The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) had launched an anti-encroachment drive four days after the communal violence in Jahangirpuri area. The Supreme Court had ordered the NDMC to maintain status quo.

Where will the bulldozers run?

May 9: Shaheen Bagh G Block to Jasola and Jasola Nala to Kalindi Kunj Park

May 10: In and around Buddh Dharma Mandir and Gurdwara Road from New Friends Colony.

May 11: Lodhi Colony, Meherchand Market. In and around Sai Mandir and then Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

May 12: Dinsen Marg, ISKCON Mandir Marg and its surroundings

May 13: Khadda Colony