Panchkula, Nov. 19 -- The Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority (PMDA) on Tuesday demolished an illegal structure, constructed on nine marlas at Nau Gaza Peer, one of the oldest shrines in Panchkula, located on the Sectors 5 and 7 dividing road.

The encroached nine-marla land originally belonged to Haryana Urban Development Authority (now Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran) before being transferred to PMDA. In court hearings earlier this year, the shrine caretaker's counsel argued the structure was over 200 years old and presented jamabandi records from 1966-67 and 2021-22 to prove that the land belonged to them. The HSVP, however, stated that only six marla was officially reserved for Nau Gaza Peer, and the remaining area amounted ...