Municipal corporation authorities resume demolition drive in Ulhasnagar

  • 23/12/2005

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

One more building, of the 855 illegal ones, was razed to the ground on Friday in Ulhasnagar, a densely populated Sindhi-dominated township in Thane district near here. The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) resumed its demolition drive to implement the Bombay High Court's order after the State Government failed to respond to the plea to alter the Development Control Rules. On April 27, the High Court ordered the UMC to demolish the listed 855 buildings that violated construction rules. This was in response to two separate public interest litigations filed in 1987 and 2003. On November 27, the High Court directed the UMC to implement its April order. The affected parties approached the Supreme Court but were unsuccessful in getting a stay.