LDA razes under-construction apartment in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Tightening noose on an unapproved structure development in the city, Lucknow Development Authority on Sunday raze an under-construction apartment following objection of Archaeological Survey of India.
The property was being developed by former BSP MP Dawood Ahmad near protected site of 'residency'.
Earlier in March, LDA had razed the fifth floor of the property located at river bank colony and claimed that it had approved map for (G+4) upto fourth floor structure only.
However, the former MP’s firm had developed fifth floor.
The entire project was developed on around 3,600 square feet area.
However, after ASI moved court against the illegal structure, the court ordered to demolish the structure.
“He was given sufficient time to raze the unapproved structure, but he didn’t, therefore LDA along with ASI team had to do the job,” said a senior official of ASI.
On Saturday evening, district magistrate Abhishek Prakash, who is vice-chairperson of LDA, had issued fresh instruction to identify illegal residential colonies, upload the list on website and also paste a similar list at registry office to alert homebuyers about the fraud builders.