‘Don’t imagine in utilizing bulldozers towards individuals’: Kolkata mayor on choose’s remark
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KOLKATA: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday stated town’s civic physique is strictly towards unlawful building, however doesn’t imagine in utilizing bulldozers towards individuals.
Hakim was responding to a remark made by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court, who reportedly stated that Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) can get a bulldozer from UP if it can not demolish an unauthorised constructing within the metropolis.
“We do not allow illegal constructions, but to deal with these situations we follow the due process and not force,” the mayor instructed reporters.
Justice Gangopadhyay made the assertion whereas listening to a contempt petition, alleging that the KMC has not demolished an unlawful building regardless of an earlier order of the court docket.
The matter pertains to a criticism of unauthorised building at Maniktala Main Road in north Kolkata, which was directed to be demolished by the excessive court docket in 2018.
It was later alleged earlier than the excessive court docket that following the demolition by the KMC, unlawful building on the identical website had come up once more.
The court docket once more in 2021 ordered the demolition of the development.
A contempt petition was moved earlier than the excessive court docket alleging that regardless of the order of demolition of the unauthorised building, it had not been complied with.
The matter will come up for listening to once more subsequent week, KMC’s counsel Alok Ghosh stated.
KOLKATA: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday stated town’s civic physique is strictly towards unlawful building, however doesn’t imagine in utilizing bulldozers towards individuals.
Hakim was responding to a remark made by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court, who reportedly stated that Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) can get a bulldozer from UP if it can not demolish an unauthorised constructing within the metropolis.
“We do not allow illegal constructions, but to deal with these situations we follow the due process and not force,” the mayor instructed reporters.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Justice Gangopadhyay made the assertion whereas listening to a contempt petition, alleging that the KMC has not demolished an unlawful building regardless of an earlier order of the court docket.
The matter pertains to a criticism of unauthorised building at Maniktala Main Road in north Kolkata, which was directed to be demolished by the excessive court docket in 2018.
It was later alleged earlier than the excessive court docket that following the demolition by the KMC, unlawful building on the identical website had come up once more.
The court docket once more in 2021 ordered the demolition of the development.
A contempt petition was moved earlier than the excessive court docket alleging that regardless of the order of demolition of the unauthorised building, it had not been complied with.
The matter will come up for listening to once more subsequent week, KMC’s counsel Alok Ghosh stated.
