Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) : Nearly 250 houses built in the submergence area of Mainpuri district have been served demolition notices on behalf of the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) as part of an anti-encroachment drive in the area. Since construction work is ongoing in the area, officials pasted notices on the houses demanding an explanation for the illegal construction.
SDM (Sadar) Navodita Sharma said: "Construction in the submergence area is strictly prohibited as the water can cause a lot of destruction. However, it was observed that people are building illegal houses there. "
The residents are in panic and claimed that they have purchased the land. They said that they would be rendered homeless if their houses are demolished.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife and Mainpuri MP Dimple Yadav's has won the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll in Uttar Pradesh on December 8, 2022. This is Dimple Yadav's second term as a member of parliament in the lower house. She was Lok Sabha MP from Kannauj from May 2012-2019.
The Mainpuri parliamentary seat fell vacant in October following the demise of Samajwadi Party patriarch and Dimple Yadav's father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav. The bypoll was held on December 5, and over 56 per cent of voting was recorded.
Dimple Yadav had defeated Raghuraj Singh Shakya of the BJP by a considerable margin of over 2.5 lakh votes. Mainpuri is considered a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party.(IANS)
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