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Unauthorised shops in New Bus Stand removed

Saturday, 28 January 2017 11:51 administrator
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The Hindu         28.01.2017

Unauthorised shops in New Bus Stand removed

 Corporation workers removing a sugarcane crushing unit from New Bus Stand in Salem on Friday.– Photo: E.Lakshmi NarayananE_Lakshmi Narayanan;E_Lakshmi Narayanan  ×

As many as 54 unauthorised shops, including fruit st

As many as 54 unauthorised shops, including fruit stalls and tea shops, functioning in Dr. MGR Integrated Bus Terminal (New Bus Stand) were removed by the Corporation officials on Friday evening.

A team led by V. Thilaga, Assistant Commissioner of Suramangalam Zone, officials and workers removed the shops that had encroached on the space in the bus stand. The officials also seized three sugarcane crushing units. As many as 10 shopkeepers had encroached upon the pathways. Despite opposition from the shopkeepers, officials removed the shops and seized the items.

 

Corporation clears encroachments

Wednesday, 24 August 2016 10:47 administrator
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The Hindu      24.08.2016  

Corporation clears encroachments

Structures, shops obstructing traffic flow and those on footpaths removed

Removing bottlenecks:Workers of the Vellore Corporation removing encroachments on New Sitting Bazaar on Tuesday.— Photo : C. Venkatachalapathy
Removing bottlenecks:Workers of the Vellore Corporation removing encroachments on New Sitting Bazaar on Tuesday.— Photo : C. Venkatachalapathy

In a bid to ease traffic congestion, the Vellore Corporation on Tuesday removed encroachments from Mandy Street, Old Bus Stand area and New Sitting Bazaar. The areas are heavily congested and mostly heavily crowded.

Official said they cleared the encroachments following directions from the Collector and Superintendent of Police during the traffic regulation meeting.

Temporary structures


“As these were temporary encroachments, we made announcements through tom-tom recently. But the shopkeepers did not pay heed to our instructions , and so we launched the eviction drive,” an officer of the Vellore Corporation said.

Temporary structures put up by vendors, stands and shops on cycles were removed during the drive that was conducted from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. “These shops were obstructing traffic flow. To enable smooth flow of traffic, we had to remove them,” he added. Encroachments on the footpaths were also cleared during the drive.

 

Encroachments removed

Tuesday, 01 December 2015 10:41 administrator
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The Hindu        01.12.2015  

Encroachments removed

The City Corporation has cleared permanent structures at a few places along a water course at Jeeva Nagar leading to Ganirowther tank, covering a 1.5 km stretch.

The action initiated on Saturday follows repeated complaints from environmentalists and local public about the havoc wreaked on the water body by blocked channels.

District Revenue Officer R. Satheesh had issued an order for removing encroachments to a distance of 15 metres surrounding the tank.

The City Corporation used heavy machinery to demolish the structures in an operation jointly supervised by Erode Tahsildar Mohana, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sampath and Assistant Commissioner of Corporation Zone II Ashok Kumar.

In the wake of sustained campaign spearheaded by Ganirowther Retrieval Movement, the State Government had recently sanctioned Rs. 10 crore for cleaning the water body, beautifying it and removing encroachments.

 
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