Panchkula: In a major crackdown on unauthorised constructions, the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (PMDA) demolished two under-construction farmhouses in Rehaur village and a warehouse in Barwala, even as deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma directed officials to ensure regular enforcement drives to permanently eliminate encroachments across the district.The PMDA operation was carried out in the presence of duty magistrate Rakesh Kumar, SDO Mohit Sharma, field inspector, and a heavy police contingent. District town planner Vikram Kumar said that the action was aimed at curbing unauthorised construction in regulated areas and appealed to the public to obtain requisite permissions before starting any building activity, warning that unapproved structures will face strict legal action.12 drives conducted from June to SeptReviewing enforcement actions during a district-level committee meeting at the Mini-Secretariat on Wednesday, DC Satpal Sharma instructed departments to ensure encroachments are not repeated once removed. He made it clear that anyone developing unauthorised colonies or erecting illegal structures will face strict legal prosecution.The meeting reviewed action taken under the Periphery Control Act and the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Act, 1963, by PWD (B&R), Panchkula municipal corporation, and Kalka municipal council. The DC instructed NHAI and PWD executive engineers to identify and clear encroachments along scheduled roads and within the designated 30-metre restricted zone, directing them to submit a compliance report before the next meeting. He also asked the police department to ensure sufficient personnel for all scheduled demolition drives.District town planner Babita Gupta informed the panel that 12 demolition drives were conducted between July and Sept 2026 across revenue estates including Barwala, Laharondi, Kona, Charnia, Bataur, Bahla, Bhagwanpur, Golpura, Taparia, Gorakhnath, Khokhra, and Basghati, where road networks and DPC structures were leveled. She added that two new unauthorised colonies were identified in urban Panchkula, notices were issued, and complaints were submitted to police for registering FIRs in three cases.
