Rudrapur: Bulldozer runs on building coming up on ceiling land despite notices; owner faints during the action, demolition resumes after a short pause

On Tuesday (November 10), the tehsil administration ran a bulldozer on a building being put up on ceiling land in Rudrapur despite notices. According to Dainik Bhaskar, the building is in Tarai Vihar Colony, Fazalpur Mehraula, in Ward 25, while Amar Ujala gives the location as Preet Vihar. According to the administration, the owner was pulling down an old building to put up a new one; he had earlier been served a notice and told to stop work, but construction went on. On Tuesday, on information that a lintel was being laid, Naib Tehsildar Devendra Singh Bisht reached the spot with police and an administrative team and had the construction pulled down with a JCB. According to Dainik Bhaskar, as soon as one corner of the building came down, the owner fainted and fell on the road, and did not regain consciousness for about 15-20 minutes; his family took him to hospital. The Naib Tehsildar said the action was stopped for a while on humanitarian grounds and the demolition was then resumed. Police were deployed at the spot.