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D.D.A - A Tale of Blatant Encroachments and Illegal Constructions

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Even as rampant illegal constructions become a norm of normalcy, most have either partaken in or witnessed them mushroom with muteness. Nonetheless, Lo and behold the image of a DDA Flat No. 51-B located bang in the heart of the national capital pointing to the sheer apathy and lawlessness, which is rotting the fundamental tenets for founding the Delhi Development Authority. Appallingly, this side-view image of an apartment in the plush Janakpuri area is the quintessence of blatant flouting of MCD's building by-laws, a glaring mockery of the highly-touted Masterplan 2020, and the additional load of the concrete monstrosity boots the exigent concepts of structural stability, thereby, ensuing grave peril for the inhabitants of the building.  Shockingly, a high-tension BSES electric cable runs parallel to the roofing material, with five bricks precariously segregating an impending catastrophe - ranging from an everything-torching fire hazard to nerve-damaging electr...