New Delhi, April 26 -- The North and East Delhi municipal corporations on Thursday cracked the whip against illegal constructions by launching demolition and sealing drives in Rohini, Narela and Shahdara (South) Zones.

In Rohini under the North civic body, illegal portions of seven properties faced the hammer, while in Narela, 24 properties faced the wrath of the bulldozers and one was sealed. In East Delhi's Shahdara (South) zone, six buildings were sealed and 21 illegal constructions razed.

The building departments of the respective zones of the two corporations carried out the demolition drive with the help of the local police.

"The building mafia have been carrying out rampant construction in several parts of the city. This is a crackdown against them. We have demolished various unauthorised parts of buildings and are going to intensify our drive in the near future," a senior corporation official said.

On Tuesday, too, a demolition squad of the North civic body had pulled down illegal structures in the City.

"Illegal constructions have been carried out without sanctions from the authorities. We have served notices and will continue our drives," an official said.

Published by HT Syndication with permission from Hindustan Times.

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PLEASANT HILL -- In the latest setback for the developer, the city on Thursday postponed the demolition of the dome movie theater pending another appeal hearing.

In an April 25 letter, Mike Nielsen, chief building official for Pleasant Hill, said SyWest Development cannot tear down the theater until after the Building Board of Appeals holds a hearing on the demolition permit. That hearing has yet to be scheduled.

Before this latest hurdle, SyWest could have razed the 46-year-old local landmark as soon as Cinemark Theatres removes its property. The movie theater closed April 21 and Cinemark has until May 3 to clear out the building. The City Council is scheduled to consider an appeal of the project May 6.

Although the appeals will cost time and money, SyWest President Bill Vierra said he is not concerned about the outcome because the city has reviewed and approved the redevelopment plans in a series of public meetings going back nearly a decade.

"I'm OK with it because there's a process, and the city has to go through it," Vierra said. "Things are going to have to play out, and people have an issue they want to vent."

On Tuesday, attorney Mark Wolfe, who represents the Save the Pleasant Hill Dome group, asked the city to revoke the demolition permit. Wolfe contends that the city should not have issued the permit until after the May 6 appeal hearing.

In a letter dated April 26, City Attorney Janet Coleson did not

In the appeal to the building board, Pleasant Hill resident Dorothy Englund raised several questions related to the demolition permit including whether the city reviewed plans for removing hazardous materials and disposing of waste from the building. Vierra believes the company submitted a complete application to the city.

SyWest has been trying for years to redevelop the southern half of the Crossroads Shopping Center. The company applied for the demolition permit in January, and the city issued it April 1. On April 8, opponents filed an appeal of the Planning Commission's approval of permits for SyWest's development proposal, which calls for demolishing the movie theater and replacing it with a two-story Dick's Sporting Goods store. SyWest also plans to renovate the adjacent building that once housed the Bally Total Fitness Gym.

Supporters say the city should preserve the theater as a venue for independent films or convert it into an arts and cultural center. On Friday, Vierra said unequivocally that Cinemark will never show movies at the dome again, nor will SyWest repurpose the building for community or municipal use.

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA--The Planning Commission on Wednesday night voted to reject a city report that found the near century-old China House on Klusman Avenue and San Bernardino Road had lost its historic significance.

Approval of the report, a mitigated negative declaration of environmental impacts, would have allowed the Cucamonga Valley Water District, which owns the property, to pull permits to demolish the building. The city building official had earlier provided a demolition order for the district to remove potential harm to public safety after the building had been deemed dangerously unsafe.

The commission's unanimous action on Wednesday, delays the demolition until a full environmental impact report is conducted, under requirement by the California Environmental Quality Act. The city also asks the water district to stabilize the structure in the interim.

Prior to the vote, water district general manager Jo Lynne-Peyrera said the district was prepared to comply with the building official's earlier demolition requirement on the home to mitigate the dangerous condition.

"We're gonna have to first see what the building official actually provides us," she said. "I don't know what you can do to shore up that building because, what our structural engineer has told us, is that as soon as you start touching that building, it's going to fall apart. So, I don't know what good that's going to do to the structure."

Lynne-Peyrera said the shoring up of the structure would mean some kind of expenditure by the water district. It's also unclear which agency would conduct the environmental impact report, though discussion on the matter will take place soon between the district and the city.

Historic preservationists from the Rancho Cucamonga Historical Society and representatives from local Asian American heritage organizations were elated with the new opportunity to have more time to negotiate with the water district and raise funds to save the house.

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Chinese heritage groups learned of the demolition late last year, and convinced water district officials to request for an extension on the demolition requirement. The extension was granted to April 11 for the district to provide a preservation plan.

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WARSAW, April 25 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski played down his stunning one-man demolition of Real Madrid, saying he had played better than Wednesday's four-goal masterclass.

The Poland international scored all his team's goals in a 4-1 win over the nine-times champions in their Champions League semi-final first leg.

"In the second half Real Madrid did not know how they should play, at some moments they were helpless," Lewandowski told the Polish pay-TV platform nc+. "We took the first step (towards the final).

"I felt confident, but there were even better matches. My efficiency was almost 100 percent but there were matches when I did more for the game," he added, before dedicating his goals to his late father.

Speculation surrounds the 24-year-old's future as he has refused to sign a contract extension beyond 2014 and has kept quiet about his plans.

"I do not have the feeling that Robert is on the run and we are not the ones to send him away," his manager Juergen Klopp told reporters.

"Let's wait and see what happens next."

Dortmund officials also remain optimistic of keeping him.

"Robert has a contract until 2014 and there is no exit clause like with Mario Goetze," said club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke.

"It is our explicit wish to keep him until 2014. That is why we are saying no to a transfer fee."

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