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Action continues at INA Market, 17 shops targeted
Traders had not only extended their shop area but had also constructed basements under the extensions.
Traders had not only extended their shop area but had also constructed basements under the extensions. The joint action by NDMC, MCD and DDA and land owning agency L&DO targeted these illegal basements on Thursday.
Three bulldozers and two police companies were in place for demolitions since 10 am and action was taken against 17 basements. However, action was stalled as traders approached the monitoring committee to ask for some more time, in which they said, they will themselves remove the illegal basements.
"The traders had come to us, asking for some time to rectify the basements on their own. We had agreed to give them seven days on the condition that they submit an affidavit to us stating the same. However, we had received no affidavits till late in evening," said monitoring committee member, B L Vohra.
Moreover, the committee pointed out that while traders were just given permission to make sun-shades, they put up landers in place to construct additional floors on the area. Another violation is illegal occupancy of inner-passages by shopkeepers who place counters in the lanes, making movement difficult in the market.
Action will be taken against the traders in the adjoining Mohan Singh market who have encroached upon verandah. "We have given four-days time and action will resume on Monday after Holi," added Vohra.
Meanwhile, traders alleged that they had dutifully removed encroachments within the given time frame, but weren't asked to remove basements and complained that their goods were damaged as they weren't informed in advance.
"We were asked to remove illegal extensions and we abided by the order despite power cuts. However, they didn't inform us of action in basements in advance and so we couldn't clear the basements. As a result, a lot of our stuff was damaged," said Puneet who owns a ready made garment shop in the market.
The 31 shops in the front row wore a ravaged look but it was business as usual inside with shoppers still flocking the market."I was surprised to find the shops open on Thursday because on Tuesday the market was in a bad state,"said Manju, a shopper.
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