Bharatiya Janata Party -ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to launch a two day “encroachment removal action programme” in the Jahangirpuri area wherein illegal construction will be removed today and tomorrow, reported news agency ANI.
This move by the NDMC comes a few days after violence erupted in the area during a religious procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
The NDMC has also asked for deployment of 400 personnel of the Delhi Police to “handle law and order” during the drive.
In a letter to the Northwest Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), the NDMC said, “The special joint encroachment removal action programme comprising Public Works Department (PWD), local body, Police and the Works/Maintenance Department, Health Department, Sanitation Department, Veterinary Department and Enforcement Cell of North DMC is to be fixed in Jahangirpuri area,” reported the news agency.
