Gurgaon: Unauthorised extra floors, commercial use of residential buildings, illegal PGs and misuse of stilt parking figured among the violations that were targeted by the authorities on Wednesday.The department of town and country planning (DTCP) launched its third enforcement drive in Sushant Lok-1 and South City-1.Three enforcement teams simultaneously carried out sealing and demolition action against more than 17 properties in the two colonies.The properties include five in Sushant Lok A block; six in B block; and six in South City B block.The drive, led by district town planner (enforcement) Amit Madholia, followed two earlier campaigns in which around 27 properties had been sealed or subjected to demolition for alleged violations.Officials said Wednesday’s action focused on buildings where sanctioned plans and prescribed land use were allegedly being violated.The first team, headed by Madholia and accompanied by junior engineer Ravinder, targeted Block B of Sushant Lok-1.At B-703, a stilt-plus-four-floor-and-basement building was being used as a guesthouse under the name Kyomi Service Apartment.The department demolished unauthorised facilities on the stilt, including a reception area, toilets, dining area and kitchen, and sealed the entire building, including 28 rooms on the four upper floors.At B-711, officials found an additional fourth floor beyond the approved construction.The building was also being used for multiple commercial activities, including a tile shop, health centre, gym, yoga centre and furniture and home-decor business. The entire property was sealed.B-710, where a sports and entertainment centre, warehouse and offices were operating, was also sealed.At B-708, 12 rooms of a hotel and guesthouse operating from the building were sealed.At B-583A, officials sealed an office in the basement despite the property having permission for a lime tree guesthouse.An unauthorised shop, ‘Coffee with Love’, in the rear open area was demolished, while an unauthorised side entrance was sealed.At B-583, a basement function hall was sealed and the entire building, including rooms on the first, second and third floors, was sealed.The second team, led by assistant town planner Divya Dahiya, acted in Block B of South City-1.Unauthorised construction on the stilt floor of B-115 and B-98A was demolished.At B-98A, 23 rooms of an alleged illegal PG operating across the first to third floors were sealed.Unauthorised structures at B-88, B-89, B-73A and B-73 were also demolished.The third team, headed by duty magistrate and assistant town planner Naveen Kumar, carried out action in Sushant Lok-1’s Block A.A-408A, being used as a guesthouse, and an unauthorised basement office at A-654 were sealed.Unauthorised rooms at A-307A and A-332A were also sealed, while a worker room at A-300A was demolished.Madholia said enforcement against violations of sanctioned building plans and unauthorised commercial activities in residential properties would continue.
