During the ongoing survey being conducted to demarcate the Buddha Nullah, authorities and contractors have found over 1,600 encroachments including houses and factories along the nullah.
During the ongoing survey being conducted to demarcate the Buddha Nullah, authorities and contractors have found over 1,600 encroachments, including houses and factories, along the nullah.
Mayor Balkar Sandhu said, “The findings are of an initial survey that has not been completed yet. As per officials, revenue records of 900 encroachments have not been found yet. The matter will now be taken up with officials of the revenue department. Notices will be issued to property owners to show the ownership documents. It may take some more time to complete the project, but the encroachments along the nullah will be removed and MC is also taking up plantation drives for its beautification.”
One of the officials, requesting anonymity, said that during the initial survey it had been found that some encroachments had been done within few feet of the nullah. Few religious buildings and plots allotted by municipal corporation to its employees are also part of encroachments.
The contractor who has been deployed for the demarcation project has not submitted the final report with MC yet.
{{/usCountry}}The contractor who has been deployed for the demarcation project has not submitted the final report with MC yet.
{{/usCountry}}Earlier, the special task force constituted to clean the nullah had directed the MC to conduct a survey for removing encroachments and beautification of the nullah.
The demarcation process commenced on July 8 so the nullah’s width can be increased.
Apart from MC, irrigation and revenue departments are also involved in the process. The nullah is the main drain of the city. Due to encroachments, its width has decreased over the years and it overflows almost every monsoon.