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PCMC demolishes 12,000 sq ft of illegal structures at hotel

PCMC demolishes 12,000 sq ft of illegal structures at hotel

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) carried out a major demolition drive in Akurdi on Wednesday, removing nearly 12,000 square feet of unauthorised structures near Hotel Majestic as part of its ongoing action against illegal constructions across the city. The operation was conducted under the direct instructions of PCMC Commissioner Dr Vijay Suryawanshi and targeted unauthorised RCC structures and tin-sheet sheds built on Survey No. 7/1/1B in Ward No. 15, which falls under the jurisdiction of the civic body`s ‘A’ Ward Office. According to civic officials, the action forms part of the municipal corporation’s broader efforts to enforce building regulations, prevent illegal construction activities and ensure planned urban development. Planned development Speaking about the demolition drive, PCMC Commissioner Dr Vijay Suryawanshi said unauthorised constructions pose a serious threat to the city`s planned and sustainable growth. He said structures built without the approval of the municipal corporation violate building regulations and cannot be allowed to remain. The civic administration is committed to implementing development plans effectively while ensuring public safety and compliance with the law. The …

384 structures to be demolished: BMC begins demolition drive in Mulund for GMLR project | Mumbai News

384 structures to be demolished: BMC begins demolition drive in Mulund for GMLR project | Mumbai News

2 min readMumbaiJun 1, 2026 12:18 AM IST Paving the way for the construction of Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project’s twin tunnels, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday launched a demolition drive of 150 structures across Mulund’s Amar Nagar and Khindipada. With a total of 384 structures identified along the project alignment, 234 more residential and commercial structures are slated to razed in the upcoming week. Pegged at a cost of Rs. 6500 crore, the GMLR is an ambitious project which aims to alleviate congestion by linking Goregaon in the western suburbs to Mulund in the eastern suburbs. While the entire project comprises of four phases, a crucial segment of the project entails the 6.65-km long TBM twin tunnels which will commence from the Film City in the western suburbs, run beneath the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and open near Mulund’s Amar Nagar, which currently houses a huge slum belt. At the Mulund exit of the tunnel, the BMC has identified 384 structures sprawled across Amar Nagar and Khindipada along the projectalignment. …

Zero tolerance on illegal structures within 15 km of borders Amit Shah

Zero tolerance on illegal structures within 15 km of borders Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the authorities to strictly enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against illegal constructions within 15 km of the country’s borders and demolish all such structures that have come up over the years. Shah stressed formulating a 360-degree security cover for every border district involving citizens, state machinery, and security agencies. The home ministry said the border districts have been directed to carry out an in-depth study of the sources, patterns, and networks behind crimes and the drug menace, and to develop lasting solutions. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following …

Demolish all illegal structures within 15 km of international border: Amit Shah

Demolish all illegal structures within 15 km of international border: Amit Shah

New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the authorities to strictly enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against illegal constructions within 15 km of the country’s borders and demolish all such structures that have come up over the years. Demolish all illegal structures within 15 km of international border: Amit Shah The Ministry of Home Affairs has assigned enhanced responsibility to the district magistrates to ensure legal and financial compliance of banking transactions in the border areas by all banks, verify big business establishments, examine their funding sources, track mule accounts and false companies, identify fake Aadhaar cards and control cross-border smuggling, officials said. Chairing a security review meeting in Bikaner on Tuesday, Shah assessed security related issues concerning the border districts of Rajasthan along the India-Pakistan border. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, senior state officials, and the district magistrates and superintendents of police of five border districts – Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Sri Ganganagar and Phalodi – were present at the meeting. In a statement, the home ministry said the border districts have been …

‘Illegal’ structures razed at properties of AIMIM leader accused of sheltering TCS case accused

‘Illegal’ structures razed at properties of AIMIM leader accused of sheltering TCS case accused

Nida Khan was arrested in central Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, with police claiming that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mr. Patel provided her shelter. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) demolished alleged illegal constructions at the residence and other properties of AIMIM corporator Matin Patel, booked for harbouring Nashik TCS accused Nida Khan, officials said. Ms. Khan was arrested in central Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on May 7, with police claiming that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mr. Patel provided her shelter. On May 9, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation issued a notice to Mr. Patel over alleged illegal constructions in the city’s Naregaon area, seeking a clarification from him within 72 hours. If no reply is received from Mr. Patel, the corporation has the authority to decide the property’s fate, the notice said. Mr. Patel later moved the court seeking a stay in the matter, but it was not granted. On Wednesday (May 13, 2026) morning, the civic body personnel demolished illegal constructions at Mr. …

Amid Sultan Palace row, tourism minister says such heritage structures will be beautified

Amid Sultan Palace row, tourism minister says such heritage structures will be beautified

Amid a controversy linked with the planned five-star hotel project at the premises of the 104-year-old Sultan Palace in Patna, Bihar, Tourism Minister Kedar Prasad Gupta has said that wherever there are “such heritage structures” in the state, they will be beautified. He made the remarks on Friday (May 8, 2026), while interacting with mediapersons at his office in Patna shortly after taking charge as the state’s new Tourism Minister following the expansion of the Bihar Cabinet led by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary. Mr. Gupta was asked about the fate of the historic Sultan Palace, also an iconic architectural landmark of Patna, after recent reports emerging in a section of local media have conjectured that the famed building might have to “face the wrecking ball” to make way for a proposed five-star hotel. These reports have triggered outrage among several historians, scholars, conservation architects and other heritage lovers and civil society institutions working on heritage preservation, who have demanded from the Bihar government that this “jewel of Patna” be protected and made part of the …

‘Was long due…’: 7,500 illegal structures razed in five-day drive in upscale Gurgaon | Delhi News

‘Was long due…’: 7,500 illegal structures razed in five-day drive in upscale Gurgaon | Delhi News

Amid the rubble of cement and fallen trees, a man in a sun hat, white mask and sunglasses stood beside an earthmover. He ordered the earthmover operator to raze an alleged illegal structure built along a road in DLF Phase 1 — one of Gurgaon’s most upscale neighbourhoods. The man giving the orders is District Town Planner (DTP) (Enforcement) Amit Madholia. He oversaw a five-day anti-encroachment drive from April 18 to 22, spanning eight privately licensed colonies in Gurgaon — the majority along the upscale Golf Course Road area. The operation resulted in the demolition of over 7,500 structures and the recovery of more than 200 km of roads that had allegedly been encroached upon by private occupants, officials said. The drive carried out by the city’s Town and Country Planning (Enforcement) Department (DTCP) and supervised by Madholia saw the deployment of earthmovers to raze alleged illegal extended lawns, permanent guard rooms, and paved ramps across these colonies, officials said. The drive came in the wake of the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s April 2 …

India plans 705 mitigation structures to prevent elephant-train collisions

India plans 705 mitigation structures to prevent elephant-train collisions

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), through its Project Elephant Division, organised a two-day national workshop on `Policy Implementation for Minimising Elephant Mortalities on Railway Tracks` at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on March, 10-11 2026. An official statement said that at the event, around 40 participants, including senior officials from MoEFCC, the Ministry of Railways, forest departments of elephant-range states and conservation scientists. Representatives from several major railway zones also took part, including the East Central Railway, East Coast Railway, North Eastern Railway, North East Frontier Railway, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway, Southern Railway and South Western Railway. India supports more than 60 per cent of the world’s population of Asian Elephant. Major elephant habitats extend across eastern, north-eastern, southern and central regions of the country, an official statement said However, expanding railway infrastructure and increasing habitat fragmentation have resulted in a rise in elephant fatalities on railway tracks. States such as Assam, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have reported several such …

44 Maoist structures razed in Gadchiroli: CRPF| India News

44 Maoist structures razed in Gadchiroli: CRPF| India News

At least 44 Maoist structures were destroyed by CRPF personnel in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli on Sunday, the force said in a statement. An 800-member CRPF team, spread into 18 teams along with state police, used earth movers to destroy 44 Maoist memorials in a bid to erase every memory of the left-wing extremism from the country. Sharing videos of tall Maoist structures being topped by earth movers in Gadchiroli, CRPF chief, GP Singh, in a statement on X, said, “Brick by brick, we would destroy the idea and its manifestation in each and every form.” Representative image. (Reuters) Gadchiroli, which was on the list of districts most affected by LWE violence, was removed from the list last year. Separately in Chhattisgarh, over the last fortnight, the forces have destroyed nearly 100 such structures across the Bastar zone in areas that were once a red corridor and stronghold of Maoists. The symbolic purge and destruction of Maoist structures is now part of the government’s aggressive move to wipe out every symbol of the Maoists. Ahead of the …

GHMC rolls out guidelines to issue occupancy certificates for structures with lapsed building permits

GHMC rolls out guidelines to issue occupancy certificates for structures with lapsed building permits

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has announced relief for house owners who could not obtain occupancy certificate despite constructing as per the approved plan, because their building permit had lapsed. The corporation rolled out guidelines for issuing occupancy certificates for such structures on Thursday. The relief will be applicable only for those structures for which building permission had been issued but not occupancy certificate, and those that have been completed as per the approved plan, a statement informed. Owing to the absence of OC, second buyers and owners are facing difficulties in obtaining water and electricity connections, and bank loans, forcing them to pay penalties too. The guidelines address two kinds of scenarios, the first pertaining to applications for OC within two years after completion of construction and the second, beyond two years. In the first scenario, the application will be considered after payment of dues, if any, pertaining to building permission fee, link road charges, comprehensive road maintenance programme charges and others. In the second scenario, all the relevant fee and charges will …