New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday carried out a demolition drive in Tilpath Valley in south Delhi's Sainik Farms area, removing illegal constructions on acquired green land that forms part of a biodiversity park.

Officials said the structures did not fall under the protection of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Special Provisions) Act, 2014, which safeguards jhuggi jhopri (JJ) clusters from punitive action. The action was carried out on Khasra numbers 595, 596 and 620.

During the first phase of the drive on December 5, the DDA identified nine properties.

Of these, five -- including two fully-built farmhouses, two semi-built farmhouses and one bounded vacant plot -- were demolished, with the authority reclaiming around four acres of land, according to a s

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