NEW DELHI: About 30 leading restaurants and several other shops located on the first floor and floors above it in Khan Market could be sealed today. "The monitoring committee has given the order to seal the first and above floors of Khan Market for misuse of land. The earlier rate was Rs 89,000, which was cut down to Rs 22,274 by DDA.Use conversion charges are levied for misuse of land. Sanjiv Mehra, president of Khan Market Traders Association, said about 40 shops had already been converted after the owners paid the charges. Proper plans should be prepared by NDMC and the corporations before initiating any sealing action on directions of monitoring committee.

Source: Times of India January 07, 2018 22:42 UTC