Overview
- Municipal teams resumed work in Phase 3B2 at the two houses granted short reprieves a day earlier, with one owner removing structures voluntarily and the other facing demolition.
- Protests by residents again disrupted operations, including a nearly two-hour halt when a demonstrator blocked a JCB during the removal of grills from a government park.
- The week’s drive began with reported removal of about 200 encroachments in Phase 7, followed by action across Phases 3B1 and 3B2 with heavy machinery and police support.
- Officials warned that obstruction of government work could draw police cases, though limited time windows were granted in select instances to allow voluntary removal.
- Authorities rejected claims of selective action, noting removals outside homes of senior officials and a councillor, as residents pressed for written rules on landscaping limits and responsibility for maintaining cleared land.