Gurugram: The DTCP closes eight residences in DLF-1 due to unauthorized commercial activity.

GURUGRAM: Eight residential units in DLF 1 regions were shut on Thursday by the Department of Town and country planning (DTCP) enforcement division for conducting business without the required authorizations.

DTCP has previously shut down more than 50 homes in exclusive residential communities due to violations of building standards. Manish Yadav, the district town planner responsible for enforcement, stated that eight residential properties whose owners were conducting businesses had been sealed.

Around 12 apartments where commercial activities were taking place were discovered vacant during the examination. During the drive, owners of eight residential buildings sought permission to perform business operations under the non-nuisance activity standards.

Yadav claimed that several property owners were observed locking down their apartments in the residential area and vacating the premises even during the sealing campaign.

“Over the course of the past week, we have sealed more than 50 properties and already covered Suncity, Sushant Lok 1, and Golf Course Road. In order to prevent commercial activity in these residential homes, property dealer offices, guest houses, and business offices were sealed, he claimed.

The enforcement wing is conducting a sealing drive on the directive of DTCP Director General TL Satyaprakash to halt the commercial activities taking place in residential homes of licensed colonies. According to an official, warnings have been sent to more than 800 activities thus far, and more than 300 have received orders for restoration.

In DLF Phase 1, 2, 3, 4, Sushant Lok 1, 2, 3, Suncity, Vatika India Next, and South City – 1, the department only focuses on illicit commercial activity.

Officials added that the sealing campaign’s effects had begun to be seen on the ground. “People have started getting rid of businesses inside their homes.

Many homeowners have requested permission to engage in the activities allowed by the Non-Nuisance Rules. Real estate offices, CA and lawyer offices, doctor clinics, etc. are some of these applications, an official added.

The official claims that this month’s goal is to seal about 150 economic activity.

Officials have constantly urged the public to quit engaging in commercial activity because sealing action will be taken if it is discovered.

The infrastructure is currently overloaded as a result of unauthorized development and illegal commercial activity on residential plots, which has been a source of complaints from the locals.

According to Deepak Sharma, a resident of DLF 1, “Despite numerous reminders, the property owners have not obtained mandatory permissions from the appropriate authorities for operating non-nuisance activities, like offices, which are allowed on 25% area on the ground floor.”