Ahmedabad
The administration’s action against illegal encroachment in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat continues. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has started a second phase campaign to remove illegal overprains. Under this, encroachment is to be removed from a land of 2.5 lakh square meters.
According to news agency ANI, the administration has also started the work of removing encroachments in the Chandola region. A heavy police force has been deployed on the spot. Explain that encroachment was removed from the land of 1.5 lakh square meters in the first phase campaign.
Chandola pond has become the base of Bangladeshi citizens
Police Commissioner GS Malik said that these illegal constructions had become the hideout of illegal Bangladeshi citizens. Last month, 250 illegal Bangladeshi citizens were caught in the city, out of which 207 lived in illegal constructions of Chandola pond and were involved in illegal activities. Earlier in the year 2009, 95 illegal Bangladeshi were caught, even then there was a demolition here. During the second phase of the demolition, more than 3 thousand police personnel including an ADCP, 6 DCP, ACP, and PI will be deployed. 25 SRP companies will also be present.
During the first phase, the local people had gone to the Gujarat High Court and demanded to stop the demolition, but the court did not stop the demolition, calling all the constructions on the pond illegal. After this, the administration demolished 4 thousand illegal constructions. Now in the second phase, the rest of the illegal constructions will be demolished and the part of the pond will be evacuated. The administration will also ensure that there is no illegal construction again at this empty space.
City Police Commissioner GS Malik said that about 3000 police personnel and 25 companies of SRP have been deployed in two shifts. The process of removing the encroachment may last for the next 3-4 days.
In the affected areas, loudspeakers were announced for two days and appealed people to vacate the house. There were quite illegal Bangladashi in Chandola area without legal documents. Most of them have now been sent.
It was claimed that parts of the area were also being used to conduct illegal activities. Prior to 2010, people living in the area have been asked to take the form from the ward office for EWS housing. Security forces are patrolling the area.
Officials gave information
DCP Ravi Mohan Saini of Ahmedabad said, ‘This is the area of the entire pond. Whatever construction has been done in it is illegal. So today it is being removed. In the first phase, when we removed the encroachment, many illegal Bangladeshi migrants were caught. Deportation action was initiated against him.
Most houses of illegal Bangladeshi citizens
Let us know that earlier on 29 and 30 April, about 3 thousand illegal houses were demolished in the first phase of the campaign, mostly illegal Bangladeshi citizens. In the second phase, the administration is targeting more than two and a half thousand illegal constructions. Explain that the Gujarat Police has detained thousands of illegal Bangladeshi citizens in the last few weeks, of which a large number of Bangladeshi living in Ahmedabad are also included. The purpose of this action going on in Chandola Lake area is to remove illegal occupations and tighten the intruders.
Illegal occupation started in the 1970s-80s
The area of Chandola Lake had long been a stronghold of illegal Bangladeshi migrants, where a network of human trafficking and fake documents was spread. Illegal occupation in this area started in the 1970s-80s, when a large number of migrant settlements were settled here. In 2002, an NGO settled a settlement in the region under the name of Sattasat Nagar. After this, illegal occupations on the land of Chandola Lake between 2010 and 2024 increased. According to the administration, people in this area made large -scale illegal constructions, including many illegal Bangladeshi citizens.
When did illegal occupation begin?
For a long time, the area of Chandola Lake had been a stronghold of illegal Bangladeshis, where a network of human trafficking and fake documents spread. Illegal occupation began in 1970, when settlements were settled for a large number of migrants here. In 2002, an NGO settled a colony in this area called Politta Nagar. After this, illegal possession of the land of Chandola Lake started increasing between 2010 and 2024. According to the administration, people in this area made many large illegal constructions, including many Bangladeshi citizens.
Local people made this demand
During the first stage in the Gujarat High Court, the local people had gone and demanded to stop the demolition, but the Gujarat court did not stop the demolition by terming all the constructions on the pond as illegal. After this, the administration demolished 4 thousand illegal constructions. Now in the second stage, the rest of the illegal constructions will be demolished and the part of the pond will be evacuated. The administration will also keep an eye that there is no illegal construction again at the empty space.
