Kanpur civic body demolishes illegal site behind Chakeri Airport

Earlier last week, the Kanpur Development Authority was finally given the go-ahead to demolish an illegal plotted developed spanning 12 acres in Pyondi village, behind Chakeri Airport. The offender Mr Umar Lar had been illegally developing the land by constructing boundary walls, building DPC and CC road, installing sewer lines and power poles. In doing so, he violated the requirements of the 1973 UP Urban Planning and Development Act as well as KDA regulations as the site plan does not allow for such modifications. Special in-charge During the destruction, Avanish Kumar Singh, RK Pandey, Yogendra Singh Jaiwar, the enforcement squad and police were present during the demolition.

According to representatives of the civic bodies, the KDA recently won a dispute in high court involving 32.5 bighas of land. The KDA-owned land was secretly leased out to another party by the tehsil administration and revenue officers. The cost of land is approximately Rs 100 crore. Three writ petitions were submitted before the High Court to stop the illegal occupation. After almost 35 years, these petitions were herd and the Court ruled in favour of the KDA. As per documents released, the tehsil employees and tax officers were found to have secretly leased out 32.5 bigha of government land to a minor. The KDA is now taking efforts to reclaim control of the land.

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