demand for spacious housing. The sight of illegal farmhouses greets you from the Okhla barrage, from where it extends along the river's course for at least 30km till the Uttar Pradesh-Haryana boundary.
What works in favour of the mafia is the absence of laws on such constructions. At present, concrete structures on a riverbed are prohibited only by rules laid down in masterplans and zonal plans, and by government policies. There is no regulatory authority.
Developers take full advantage of this loophole, smug that they would neither be fined nor jailed. At worst, the illegal structures will be razed.
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