The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has issued a clarification regarding the joint demolition drive carried out by its Karol Bagh Zone in coordination with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at DB Gupta Road and the surrounding green belt areas.
The civic body stated categorically that no religious structure, including the Mandir Dargah Baba Shri Peer Ratan Nath Ji Maharaj, was touched or affected during the operation.
According to the MCD, the exercise was a joint initiative by the DDA and MCD, aimed solely at removing dangerous and dilapidated structures in the designated green belt that posed a risk to public safety.
The corporation also informed that all concerned occupants had been duly served notices prior to the action—two units by the MCD and one by the DDA—advising them to vacate the unsafe structures.
These structures had already been declared hazardous following a technical assessment, the civic body added.
It was further clarified that the occupants had previously been relocated by the DDA, and the individuals currently encroaching upon these unsafe structures were either unwilling to move or had not completed the required relocation formalities with the authority.
The MCD reaffirmed that the action was taken strictly in the interest of public safety and in accordance with due process.