GURUGRAM: The Department of Town and Country Planning on Tuesday removed encroachments outside more than 50 houses in several lanes of Sushant Lok's C Block, clearing large ramps, fencing and other structures built on road land.
A team led by assistant town planner Divya Dahiya used earthmoving machinery for the drive. The action followed complaints from residents and a grievance filed on CM Window by Sushant Lok RWA president Deepak Verma. Neighbours had said property owners had extended ramps, fencing and other structures into the road's right of way, narrowing internal lanes and adding to monsoon waterlogging by blocking drainage space.
What was cleared
DTCP removed large ramps and other constructions extending into the right of way. Fencing and additional greenery occupying road land were also cleared at several points. Junior engineers Gulshan Kumar, Akash Rao and Anand were among the department officials present.
A separate sealing and demolition drive proposed against some properties in Sushant Lok's B Block could not go ahead on Tuesday because police personnel were not available. The town planner said that action would be taken later this week as scheduled.
Officials said enforcement teams will keep acting against road-land encroachments based on complaints and identified violations. Property owners are required to keep the right of way free of unauthorised occupation. Road margins in licensed colonies are meant for movement and civic infrastructure; gradual private extensions can shrink that space until ramps and boundary push-outs feel permanent and become harder to reverse.
Residents also flagged that narrowed lanes complicate movement of emergency and service vehicles. For C Block, Tuesday's machinery run is the visible answer to the RWA's CM Window complaint. Whether B Block sealing follows this week will show if the same enforcement calendar holds when police deployment is available. DTCP said inspections in the area will continue.
Sushant Lok's licensed-colony layout depends on clear internal roads for everyday movement and for monsoon drainage. When private ramps and fencing creep onto the right of way, the loss is shared by every household on the lane, not only by the complainant RWA. Assistant town planner Divya Dahiya's team treated the C Block pockets as a contiguous clearance rather than a single-house showpiece, which is why more than 50 properties were listed in the Tuesday count. Owners who rebuilt extensions after earlier warnings risk finding the same machinery back on a later inspection cycle. Keeping the right of way clear remains a basic condition of licensed-colony living, officials said.
