Unhappy over the apparent slowdown of the sealing drive in the city, the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee has directed the municipal commissioners to pull up their socks.
A committee member said they had been closely overseeing the daily compliance reports and though no target had been set for municipal officials, it was obvious that the drive had slowed down and the proper enforcement was lacking.
The three corporations have been regularly citing “non-availability of police force” since the Republic Day celebrations as the main reason behind less number of units being sealed. The member said the committee had ordered Delhi Police to immediately provide the required number of officials.
“Amid strong opposition from traders, we can’t put the safety of our officials in danger. On multiple occasions, our teams had waited for hours at police stations for a security team but none was provided,” said a senior official of the east corporation. “Even our field staff have been complaining about insufficient number of policemen.”
On Monday, the south corporation could not even start a drive in Sagarpur and abandoned another in Hari Nagar just after sealing four units due to stiff opposition. “Only four security personnel were provided while a huge crowd gathered there,” an official said.
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