Narmada Corridor Construction: HC stops construction of a settlement in Narmada Corridor | News from Bhopal

Bhopal: Supreme Court in MP The construction of a housing project in the Narmada Corridor in Jabalpur has been stayed and notices have been served on the respondents, including the Principal Secretary (Urban Development), the Jabalpur Collector, the Jabalpur Municipal Commissioner and the builder.
A resident of Jabalpur, Mahendra Dixit, said that the area between Gauri Ghat and Uma Ghat near the old railway station in Jabalpur was earmarked for construction of the Narmada Corridor. But the developer Jagdish Patel has constructed a housing project in the area. No planning permission was obtained and no plan was submitted, the complainant said. The municipal commissioner in-charge of the area and SDM had ordered demolition of houses in the area. illegal colony In the past, but for two years, there have been no measures to remove the colony.
As a result, not only do people live there, but over 100 buffaloes are also reared in these houses. Illegal dairies operating in the colony pollute the air and make the area vulnerable to vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, the petition says.
After the first hearing, the bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf stayed further construction of the settlement and issued notices to the respondents.
Bhopal: The MP High Court has stayed the construction of a housing project in the Narmada Corridor in Jabalpur and served notices on the respondents, including the Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Jabalpur Collector, Jabalpur Municipal Commissioner and the builder.
Mahendra Dixit, a resident of Jabalpur, said that the area between Gauri Ghat and Uma Ghat near the old Jabalpur railway station was earmarked for the construction of the Narmada Corridor. But the developer Jagdish Patel has constructed a settlement in the area. Neither building permission nor plan has been submitted, the complainant said. The municipal commissioner of the area and the SDM had ordered demolition of the houses in the illegal settlement in the past, but nothing has been done to remove the settlement for the past two years.
As a result, not only do people live there, but over 100 buffaloes are also reared in these houses. Illegal dairies operating in the colony pollute the air and make the area vulnerable to vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, the petition says.
After the first hearing, the bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf stayed further construction of the settlement and issued notices to the respondents.