Gurgaon: Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) enforcement team on Tuesday began to tease the kiosk and slum at Banjara Market near the Course Road Golf, a popular destination for buying goods and decorative furniture.
Sellers – especially from the Gadiya Lohars community, nomadic tribes in Rajasthan which gave the market name – have established huts and shops on the roadside about 15 years ago, penetrating almost 25 hectares of HSVP land in the process.
Apart from the HSVP team, 200 police were deployed for the demolition drive which began at around 11am and ended at 5 pm.
Officers Sub-Division (Survey), Estate Office-2, HSVP, Satyanarain, said the drive went peacefully.
Most jhuggies and shops are destroyed by WHI-LE, road service has been cleaned from encroachment too, he added.
“We have issued a notification to the seller to empty the land before.
Most of them have not removed items from their stalls when demolition starts on Tuesday, but starts moving their belongings to the truck as soon as the drive starts.
The others have searched for two Day.
After that, the remamination that is left will be deleted, “said SDO.
According to officials, the slums appeared on the land close to the metro page that was fast more than a decade ago.
Gradually, the number of Jhuggies increased and the population set up small shops on the road service that walked from the botanical garden intersection to the golf path.
Over the years, the market grows in size and popularity.
HSVP officials accused Musclemen from the villages that side by side reached the land, founded Jhuggies and shops and even rented out space to get big profits.
The intended land has been for a college, bus defense, and group housing group according to the authority plan, said Jitender Gandhi, Estate Officer-2, HSVP.
Some are also allocated to the income tax department for group housing for its officials, he added.
“There is no encroachment that is permitted in HSVP land,” Gandhi said.
The seller was worried, meanwhile, said they had just begun to recover from the losses suffered because of a pandemic, but would lose their livelihood now.
Pushpa Devi, who has run a shop in the market for the past 10 years, said he and his family had no place to go.
“We only do our work …
no one cares for the poor,” he said, adding that he had taken a loan to buy goods for the upcoming celebration season.
Prashant Kumar, another seller, said, “The police have asked us to empty for the past month but because there are no actions taken for weeks, we are a little relaxed.
Most of us buy new shares to anticipate a rush during the puja durga And Diwali.
Now, we looked at uncertainty.
“Other shopkeepers urged HSVP to rent out space so they could continue to sell their merchandise on the market.
Some residents told to express disappointment.
“The market becomes very popular and is one of the highlights of the city.
Authority must move them and manage the market,” said Rohit Khanwilkar, who lives in Sector 50.
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