HSVP demolition drive across Gurugram May 1–8

Gurugram is in the middle of a big anti-encroachment push — and this one is not just about a few roadside stalls. HSVP, the city’s urban development authority, started a demolition drive on April 29 across sectors under its control after the Punjab and Haryana High Court said authorities could remove violations, but had to follow due process. The immediate trigger is a fight over Gurugram’s “stilt-plus-four” building pattern, but the real issue is simpler: roads, setbacks, ramps, walls, kiosks, and even planted areas have eaten into public space for years. (hindustantimes.com) ### What is HSVP actually doing? HSVP has put five enforcement teams on the ground in sectors handled by Estate Office-2, with duty magistrates appointed by the deputy commissioner and police support attached. The drive is scheduled from April 29 to May 8 in that zone. A paral(hindustantimes.com)a citywide campaign. (hindustantimes.com) ### Which parts of Gurugram are affected? In Estate Office-2, the list is long: sectors 27, 43, 31-32A, 24-25A, 30, 39, 45, 28, 42, 51, 58, 49, 50, 38, 46, 40, 41, 52, 47, 55, 56, 52A-53, 54, 29, 32, and 44. The broader HSVP plan covers 44 sectors in total. Estate Office-1 areas include sectors like 21, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12A, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23-23A, 37C, and 110A, stretching through July 1. (hindustantimes.com) ### What counts as an encroachment here? Not just illegal extra floors. HSVP says it is clearing anything that blocks the planned right-of-way for roads and utilities — kitchen gardens, extended ramps, compound-wall spillover, flower pots on public land, kiosks, pushcarts, and(hindustantimes.com) assumed only obviously illegal buildings were at risk. Turns out the net is much wider. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) ### Why did the court get involved? This started with a legal fight over Haryana’s July 2024 policy allowing “stilt-plus-four” residential construction — basically four floors above a stilt parking level. On April 2, the High Court stayed that policy for Gurugram, saying t(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)On April 27, the High Court clarified the position: yes, authorities can remove encroachments and municipal-law violations, but they must give notice and follow due process. (ndtv.com) ### Why is Gurugram treating this as urgent? Because the city’s road geometry is breaking down. A court-noted inspection in DLF-1 and Sector 28 found internal roads planned at 10-12 metres had effectively shrunk to motorable widths of about 3.9 to 4.8 metres. That is the whole story in one statistic. When ram(ndtv.com)and basic circulation starts failing. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) ### Did residents try to stop it? Yes. Residents from Sector 31 went to the Supreme Court seeking relief as the drive was about to begin. The Supreme Court declined to stay the action and told them to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court urgently instead. That delayed HSVP briefly, but it did not stop the campaign. After the High Court refused a stay and allowed removals under the law, HSVP resumed. (hindustantimes.com) ### So what happens next? More demolitions, basically. HSVP’s schedule shows this first May 1–8 burst is only one phase of a longer cleanup across its sectors. The catch is that enforcement now sits inside an ongoing court case, so every next step has to line up with notice requirements and legal process. That may slow some actions, but it also makes the campaign harder to dismiss as arbitrary. (hindustantimes.com) ### Bottom line This is a road-space and rule-enforcement story disguised as a demolition story. Gurugram let planned public land get chipped away for years. Now HSVP, backed by the High Court, is trying to take it back — sector by sector. (hindustantimes.com)