New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday sealed seven country villas in the capital for violating building norms.
‘The Nazafgarh Zone of MCD sealed the farmhouses (country villas) in Mundka area for violation of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act or building by-laws by holding marriages or social functions without permission of the civic body,’ the civic body said in a release.
The sealed properties are Anand Vatika, Shanti Vatika, K.L.M. Farm, Mirag Farm, Narang Farm, Vivah Lawn and Flora Farm, all on the Main Rohtak Road, the statement said.
Farmhouses are a euphemism for country villas constructed on agricultural land but where no farming takes place. They have largely been built by the city’s movers and shakers.
