DDA seeks cops’ help in controlling vendor menace at Nehru Place

Times News Network

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority has sought the assistance of police in helping it control the squatter and illegal vendor menace at Nehru Place.

Despite repeated drives to remove the illegal vendors in the commercial complex, Delhi Development Authority has completely failed to keep them at bay. It has finally thrown up its hands and asked for help.

Commissioner (land management) has written to deputy commissioner of police (south) Praveer Ranjan, asking for help.

In the letter, the commissioner (land management) has pointed out that Nehru Place commercial centre is a buffer zone and should be kept clear of roadside vendors.

A senior Delhi Development Authority official said: “We have been conducting drives, but these vendors keep coming back. It is also the job of the police to check them because without the connivance of the local police these people cannot thrive. That is why a letter has been written, to ask the police to keep a regular check. The beat constables can also help in this”.

Delhi Development Authority had conducted a drive on July 31 to remove the squatters but the returned within a week.

According to the official, “Earlier the vendors used to have temporary shops, but now they have started encroaching and putting up small tarpaulins also.”