ADA workers demolish illegal structures on Ram Tirath Road
Acting tough against illegal colonies on Ram Tirath Road, the Amritsar Development Authority (ADA) conducted a demolition drive and razed illegal structures in unauthorized colonies here on Friday.
Additional Chief Administrator Major Amit Sareen said an ADA team, led by Gursewak Singh Aulakh, District Town Planner (Regulatory), along with police teams demolished unauthorised structures in illegal colonies at Wadala Bhitewad village.
Aulakh said the government had issued notices under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 (PAPRA Act-1995), to control future development and stop coming up of unauthorised colonies. The owners of two unauthorised colonies at Wadala Bhitewad village had flouted the government rules.
He warned the developers of unauthorised colonies that it could lead to 3-7 years’ imprisonment and fines of up to Rs 2-5 lakh under the PAPRA Act. The ADA had already urged the Amritsar Rural Police to register an FIR against 14 colonisers.
He said the offenders continued with construction work instead of answering the notices issued to them. He informed that the ADA undertook a demolition drive in another unauthorised colony - New Maple City - located in the same village. However, the coloniser restarted development works and erected new structures, which have been demolished by the ADA again.
Major Amit Sareen said the regulatory wing of PUDA regularly inspects unauthorized colonies in Amritsar and issued notices while asking them to stop work. He said it has also installed warning boards forbidding the public from buying plots in these colonies. He urged the people to verify the PUDA approval before purchasing plots in colonies to avoid financial losses and trouble.
