chandigarh in the last 10 days ut administration has demolished around 10 to 12 illegal structures on the periphery of ut villages these structures were demolished by sdm central harjeeet singh sandhu and sdm east ruchi bedi in villages including khuda ali sher and dariasources said that sdm central harjeet singh sandhu demolished around seven to eight structures whereas sdm east ruchi bedi demolished around three to four illegal structures the exercise by respective sdms was initiated on the directions of ut deputy commissioner mandip singh who had asked all subdivisional magistrates sdms to keep a check on unauthorised constructions in their areas and also in the periphery in their respective areas through enforcement teamsspecial enforcement teams have been formed on the directions of the deputy commissioner these have been attached with sdms to keep a watch on encroachment activities further sdms have been asked to conduct surprise inspections in their respective areas to check such unauthorised constructionsrecently the ut administration sought a detailed report on constructions outside lal dora in ut villagespeople started carrying out illegal construction on lal dora after ut administrator v p singh badnore in a recent meeting directed senior officials to work on regularisation of such construction the lal dora red line separates village habitation from adjacent agricultural landafter the instructions of the ut administrator some villagers even started carrying out fresh construction outside lal dora hoping that it would be regularised however teams of ut estate office and land acquisition department demolished fresh constructionspolitical parties and village residents have been consistently asking for extension of lal dora and regularisation of constructions outside itarchitects and heritage conservationists of the city want removal of illegal constructions to protect the citys character in the past the ut estate office even issued notices for carrying out construction outside lal dora in villages