Ujjain, Nov 5 || The Ujjain Development Authority (UDA) on Wednesday carried out another round of an anti-encroachment drive in the city's Begum Bagh locality, demolishing 12 buildings for violating land-use norms, an official said.
According to the UDA, all the demolished structures had been declared illegal as the leases of the plots had been cancelled several years ago.
Begum Bagh is a Muslim-majority residential colony under the jurisdiction of the Mahakal police station in Ujjain, the home district of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.
Officials said the land was originally allotted for establishing a residential colony. However, the allottees had used the plots for commercial purposes, which violated the terms of the lease. Moreover, the leases for these plots expired in 2014-15 and were never renewed.