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Lucknow. Development Authority (LDA) and Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Council (UPAVP) in the capital Lucknow are two such big departments, with which the interest of the general public and their hard-earned money are directly linked. But the unfortunate situation is that both these departments often remain in the headlines for their functioning and corruption. The latest and extremely shocking case has come to light from Indira Nagar, a posh area of Lucknow, where commercial activities are being carried out indiscriminately in residential areas, ignoring the rules, right under the nose of the Housing Development Department. Despite strict orders of sealing and demolition, illegal business is flourishing without any fear with the connivance of alleged corrupt officials of the department.
Shops like ‘Butter Story’ running even after sealing order and notice
The whole matter is related to the residential building number located at Shalimar Chauraha of Indira Nagar. A-1020 Is connected to. Orders for demolition and sealing action have been issued by the Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Council against carrying out commercial activities in this building contrary to the rules. in this regard 27 October 2025 An official notice was also issued by the department on.
But the reality on the ground is completely opposite. In this illegal commercial building, many famous shops and commercial activities including ‘Butter Story Shop’ are running smoothly without any hindrance. It was only when an alert complainant investigated and complained about this complex that the demolition orders issued earlier against this building came to light.
Discriminatory sealing: ‘The one who paid the facility fee is exempted, the rest are locked’
According to ground reports, this is not the only incident around Shalimar intersection. There are many residential properties in the entire area, where commercial outlets have been opened indiscriminately against the rules. The surprising thing is that while big seals and long notices of housing development are pasted on some buildings, shops are running openly in the buildings adjacent to them.
The direct allegation of local complainants and chairpersons is that this is not at all possible without the protection of corrupt officials of the Housing Development Department and the game of ‘facilitation fee’ (bribe). The aggrieved citizens say that those who surrendered before the corrupt system of the department and made ‘deals’ as per their wish, were given complete freedom for illegal construction and commercial work. At the same time, the properties of the person who did not bow down to these corrupt officers were immediately targeted and locked.
Illegal construction in residential areas becomes the main source of income for the corrupt system
Experts and local residents believe that building commercial complexes illegally in residential areas without any concrete rules and regulations has become the biggest source of income for the corrupt network of housing development. This system has spread so strongly that whether it is a residential area or a commercial area, if your property comes under the Housing Development Council, then sooner or later their corrupt officers corner you on the pretext of some technical glitch or the other. Hundreds of legal hurdles and obstacles are created in the way of the common man doing legitimate work without paying huge bribes. The citizens of Indira Nagar have now demanded a strict vigilance investigation and suspension of the culprits from the Uttar Pradesh government and higher officials against this entire syndicate.