An anti-encroachment drive scheduled to take place in northwest Delhi's Mangolpuri area was cancelled on Friday due to the u🎀📖navailability of the adequate police force, civic authorities said.
According to an official of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the drive to remove te𝓡mporary and permanent encroachment from roads and government land was scheduled in Mangolpuri's Katr♏an Market area.
"🌠The anti-encroachment drive was scheduled in surrounding areas of Katran Market in Mangolpuri on Friday but it was cancelled due to ꦜunavailability of the adequate police force," the official told PTI.
The unavailability of adequate police force had also led to the cancellation of the anti-encroachment drives at Sultanpuri's Fish Market and Jagdamba Market on Wednesday and Thursday, NDMC said𒉰.
Last month, the🦄 South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) had to cancel its demolit🥀ion drive in Jasola-Sarita Vihar due to the same reason.
A series of anti-encroachment drives have been conducted by the three civic bodies in different parts of the c🔴ity in the last one month, including Shaheen Bagh, Jahangirpuri, Madanpur🧸 Khadar, New Friends Colony, Mangolpuri, Rohini, Gokulpuri, Lodhi Colony, Janakpuri among others.
The NDMC had come under fire last month from several civil rights groups and opposition parties after it bulldozed structures in the vio🧸lence-hit Jahangirpuri area during an anti-encroachment drive.
The drive was stoꦜpped after the intervention of th🌌e Supreme Court.
