'Not Done By Us': Civic Body Distances Itself From Surat Demolition
In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Surat Civic Body Deputy Commissioner Ashish J Nayak pushed back firmly against the widely held belief that the Corporation carried out the demolition. Surat: Days after hundreds of homes were razed in Surat's Nasirnagar, a central question continues to hang in the air: who authorised the demolition? The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has categorically denied any role in ordering the action, even as residents report that police and Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel were present at the site alongside civic officials. In an exclusive conversation with NDTV, Surat Civic Body Deputy Commissioner Ashish J Nayak pushed back firmly against the widely held belief that the Corporation carried out the demolition. "The Corporation's team had gone there for demarcation purposes, and machinery was already operating at the site. People were moving their belongings out to relocate them elsewhere. The Corporation had no involvement in the d...