Overview
- The DDA issued the SOP on Sunday and has formed 14 Flying Squad inspection teams and four Quick Response Teams to detect and act on encroachments.
- Quick Response Teams are required to carry out demolitions within 72 hours of detection once legal checks are completed and to file same‑day demolition reports.
- The protocol mandates time‑stamped geo‑tagged photographs, drone inspections where needed, videography of demolition exercises, and installation of DDA ownership boards at cleared sites.
- The SOP covers DDA land and ongoing unauthorised construction on private land inside notified DDA development areas while explicitly requiring due process of law before action.
- The move follows recent deadly safety incidents and links field verification to the Vacant Land Monitoring System so cleared plots are updated and monitored to prevent re‑encroachment, a change that will affect residents, vendors and property actors near vacant land.