MCD issues clarification on joint demolition drive in Karol Bagh

New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued a clarification regarding the joint demolition drive undertaken on November 29, 2025, by the Karol Bagh Zone of MCD along with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at DB Gupta Road and the surrounding green belt areas.

MCD stated that the exercise was a joint initiative by DDA and MCD, aimed solely at removing dangerous and dilapidated structures in the designated green belt that posed a risk to public safety. No religious structure, including the Mandir Dargah Baba Shri Peer Ratan Nath Ji Maharaj, was touched or affected during the operation.

MCD further informed that all occupants concerned were duly served notices prior to the action, two units by MCD and one unit by DDA, advising them to vacate the unsafe structures.

These structures had already been declared hazardous following technical assessment.

It was also clarified by the MCD that the occupants had previously been relocated by DDA, and the individuals presently encroaching upon these unsafe structures were either unwilling to shift or had not completed the requisite relocation formalities with DDA.

“The Municipal Corporation reaffirmed that the action was taken strictly in the interest of public safety and in accordance with due process,” said a statement.

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