Crackdown on Walled City encroachments
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13/12/2004
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Almost two weeks after the Delhi High Court ordered removal of all illegal constructions and encroachments around the historic Jama Masjid in the Walled City area, the anti-encroachment squad of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi accompanied by a large number of armed police personnel on Tuesday bulldozed over 200 illegal structures of the 319 that were served removal notices by the civic body a week ago. The drive started in the morning after a large number of armed police personnel fanned out in and around the Jama Masjid area to avert any untoward incident and prevent people from launching any protest against the drive. Though a handful of affected shop owners did raise some slogans against the Congress-led Delhi Government, the encroachment drive passed off smoothly and by evening 218 structures had been removed.