15 illegal colonies again face FIR warning:300 illegal colonies booked in three years; no charge sheets filed and no arrests made

Action against illegal colonies in the capital has once again entered the phase of notices. The municipal administration has identified 15 new under-construction private colonies in the Kolar area of Zone-19 and issued notices to the colonisers. They have been instructed to submit valid permission-related documents within 15 days. A warning has been issued to file an FIR if the documents are not received. However, the record of the last three years shows that such actions have not yielded any concrete results so far. In 2023, 576 illegal colonies were identified in the city. Out of these, the process to regularise 320 colonies developed before December 2016 began, but till date, not a single colony has been fully legalized. On the remaining 255 colonies, only superficial action continues. Municipal Corporation’s notice to these colonisers Manish Sharma (Chitransh Group, Village Ratanpur), Khan, (Radhapuram, Village Bairagarh Chichli), Dulichand Yadav (Near Milestone School, Village Akbarpur), Sanjay Rathore, (Near Angel Homes Kanha Kunj, Village Akbarpur), Ghanshyam Patidar (Village Bairagarh Chichli), Nitin Paliya, (Heavens Park, Village Bairagarh Chichli), Chandpratap Singh, (Kusuma Vihar, Village Bairagarh Chichli), Raghavendra Singh (Village Bairagarh Chichli), Deepak Sharma, (Hills View City, Village Bairagarh Chichli), Nitin Maran (Durga Vihar Colony, Nayapura Kolar Road), Dinesh Pal (Venkateshwar Dham, Nayapura Kolar), Ramesh Meena (Village Bairagarh Chichli), Govind Meena (Village Bairagarh Chichli), Ashok Pawar (Village Bairagarh Chichli) and Ashok Meena (Sai Residency, Village Bairagarh Chichli) Completing the formality by demolishing the outer walls Records show that more than 300 FIRs have been registered against illegal colonies so far. Despite this, not a single colonizer has been arrested, and no challan has been presented in court in any case. In some places, walls were demolished to complete the formality. According to City Planner Anil Sahni, 15 new notices have been issued after the meeting of the 10-member colony cell held on June 1. The cell includes officials from the district administration, municipal corporation, TCP, cooperation, and land resource management departments. Zone officers are preparing a list of actionsAll zone officers have been instructed to list illegal colonies. Upon receiving information about any type of construction or if found suspicious, it will be investigated and action will be taken as per rules.- Neeraj Anand Likhar, Town and Country Planning