Chandigarh, July 21 -- The Haryana government has demolished 241 structures spread over an area of about 261 acres in four villages of Ankhir, Mewla Maharajpur, Lakkarpur Khori and Anangpur in Faridabad during the first phase of the demolition drive. The demolitions have been done in compliance with a 2022 Supreme Court (SC) directive to remove unauthorised structures built on land parcels protected by the special orders issued under Section 4 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA).

A total of 6,793 unauthorised structures were identified by the authorities in four Faridabad villages spread across 786.26 acres with the aid of drone and satellite imagery and subsequent ground truthing. They were categorised into five broad categories ...