GMADA bulldozers get rolling in Jhampur village, Sector 122

Launching a crackdown on illegal colonies, the enforcement team of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) carried out a demolition drive in Jhampur village and 39 West housing society in Sector 122 on Friday, razing around 30 illegal structures.

- Hillary Victor

MOHALI:

The action came days after HT reported on May 19 how nearly 15 illegal colonies had mushroomed in Mohali right under the nose of GMADA despite the Punjab government's repeated claims of clampdown on such settlements.

In Jhampur village, around 25 under-construction houses and other illegal structures were brought down.

The GMADA team, led by officer Arvind Pannu, reached the site around 11.30 am and the drive concluded by 4 pm.

The drive was also conducted in Phase 3 of the 39 West society, located in Sector 122, Mohali.

According to members of the Residents' Welfare Association (RWA), certain colonisers were attempting to illegally extend the colony by carving out additional plots beyond the approved site boundaries, despite the cancellation of their licence.