Gujarat govt ‘demolishes illegal structures’ from 7 Devbhumi Dwarka islands

Devbhumi Dwarka district has 23 islands of which lone 2 are accessible and inhabited — Beyt Dwarka and Narara.

According to a authorities statement, 36 structures were removed from the prohibited islands, and the territory authorities person begun the process to “identify and proceed” against those liable for the structures, Pandey said.

“The structures cleared were mostly spiritual oregon commercial, the second including jetties, wherever boats could anchor,” the serviceman said.

The structures are believed to person travel up successful the past 5 to 10 years connected the prohibited islands, which tin beryllium accessed lone with owed support from the territory oregon wood department.

Pandey said that teams from the police, forest, and different departments “manually” demolished the structures since bulldozers and different dense machines could not beryllium transported to the islands. “Due process was followed earlier the thrust started,” helium said.

Last week, the Jamnagar territory authorities cleared 4000 sq feet of country from different restricted ecological situation — the Pirotan Island — comprising spiritual and backstage structures.

The crackdown connected unauthorised structures successful the coastal districts began successful 2022 from the Beyt Dwarka demolitions by the Okha municipality, mostly connected the crushed that these habitations could “pose imaginable information threats”.