The Gurgaon demolition drive feels less like enforcement and more like optics.
The High Court case was about S+4 buildings, density, and planning failure. What we’re seeing on the ground is something else entirely. Broken guard cabins, ripped out gates, random frontage cleanups. Easy targets.
These cabins weren’t luxury violations. They’re where guards sit through 12 hour shifts, including peak summer. Overnight, many of them are now sitting out in the open until RWAs scramble to rebuild something basic.
This isn’t defending encroachments. Cities need enforcement. But there’s a difference between correcting structural violations and dismantling low impact, functional setups without any transition plan.
If the goal was compliance, this feels poorly sequenced. If the goal was signalling, it’s working. Either way, the people at the bottom of the chain are taking the hit first.
Policy failure at the top. Execution pressure in the middle. Discomfort pushed to the edges.
Classic.