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Fifty Farmhouses Defend Aravalis Against Bulldozers This Week

Representative Image GURUGRAM: Starting from the first week of July, illegal structures—including farmhouses, walls, banquet halls, shops, and cafes built in the city’s protected Aravalis—will be demolished. Forest department officials confirmed that a survey conducted earlier this year identified fifty such illegally constructed farmhouses. Show-cause notices have been issued for new constructions on protected Aravali land in the Behrampur, Ghata, Gwalpahari, and Sakatpur areas. Property owners have 15 days to dismantle these structures voluntarily; failure to comply will lead to departmental demolition. A forest officer stated, “We began issuing notices on June 3, and by June 26, around 50 notices…

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Notices to 266 for Home Business Operations & Code Violations

AI-generated Representative Image GURUGRAM: For the third week in a row, the district town planner (enforcement) team conducted an “office on the spot” drive in Sushant Lok phases 2 and 3. Approximately 266 notices were affixed to homes that violated building guidelines, zoning laws, and occupancy certificate regulations. Of these, 183 violations were found in phase 3 and 83 in phase 2, bringing the total to over 650 notices issued in the last three weeks. Led by DTP (enforcement) Amit Madholia, the team performed a door-to-door survey in Sectors 55, 56, and 57 to pinpoint properties being used for commercial…

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Gurugram: Four Illegal Homes Demolished, Two Buildings Sealed

GURUGRAM: The Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) in Gurgaon, along with a team from the Sector 53 police station, conducted a demolition operation in Saraswati Kunj along Golf Course Road on Sunday. DTCP officials reported that enforcement actions led to the demolition of four illegally constructed houses that violated approved layout plans. These structures were raised without the necessary approvals and clearances. Furthermore, two buildings nearing completion were sealed for breaching zoning and planning regulations. The enforcement team also demolished two unauthorized labor accommodations situated on the right of way (ROW) of the internal road within the colony.…

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Four Gurgaon Builders Fined for Illegal Groundwater Use

GURUGRAM: The Haryana Water Resources Authority (HWRA) has imposed a fine of ₹5 crore on four real estate developers in Gurugram for unauthorized groundwater extraction, following a directive from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). According to an inquiry report by HWRA chairperson Keshni Anand Arora submitted to the NGT, borewells and sump wells at multiple project sites in sectors 102, 103, and 37D have been sealed. The case originates from a petition filed with the NGT in 2023 regarding groundwater violations in the region. A joint committee’s report confirming these violations was submitted in November 2023. “We have imposed a…