Chandigarh, March 18 -- The administration has said that it would soon demolish an illegal building near the environmentally sensitive area of the Sukhna Lake and the IT Park in Kishangarh village of Manimajra. The land is strictly reserved for agricultural purposes, it said.

According to the administration, the owner ignored the blanket ban on construction in this zone. The two-storey building indicates that construction had been on for some times. The administration stated that the owner was raising fresh unauthorised construction at his farmhouse. The notice to the property owner has been issued under Section 12 (2) of the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1992.

When contacted, deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said, ...