PDA to pay for damages to houses in demolition drives

Prayagraj: At a time when the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) has tightened its noose against the mafia and criminals by demolishing their illegal properties,

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has decided that it will also compensate the neighbours whose houses get inadvertently damaged during the drive carried out by the authority.

In one such case at Naini, PDA would be compensating a person whose house was partially damaged when PDA demolished the construction of the former block pramukh (chief), Dilip Mishra.

A joint team of PDA, district administration and police demolished a lodge cum complex belonging to the former block pramukh and gangster Dilip Mishra in Naini area of Prayagraj district in October.

The structure was razed during action against the jailed gangster’s unauthorised properties in the city. The property was valued to be around Rs 10 crore.

The property was razed because it was built against the sanctioned map.

“We would be paying compensation to the individual whose house gets inadvertently damaged during our drive against any illegal construction. Compensation will also be provided to the individual in Naini whose house was damaged in the drive against the illegal construction of Dilip Mishra”, said Zonal officer PDA, Sat Shukla.

He further added that in case of the house owner of Naini, PDA would be immediately paying the compensation to the house owner and later the district administration would be realising the same from Mishra through recovery certificate (RC) and transfer the money to PDA account.

“However, we are waiting for the individual and would like to inform that he can contact us with all the relevant document, regarding his house at Naini, so that we can compensate for the damage caused to his house”, said Shukla.