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Coimbatore Corporation stops unauthorised construction in school

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Source : The Hindu Date : 12.06.2009

Coimbatore Corporation stops unauthorised construction in school

Special Correspondent


Students stage road blockade to protest against the action


Photo: M. Periasamy

ENFORCEMENT: Workers of the Coimbatore Corporation removing construction materials at the C.S.I. Primary School as part of a drive to halt unauthorised constructions. —

COIMBATORE: Town Planning officials of the Coimbatore Corporation stopped on Thursday the construction of an structure in a school on Bharathiar Road at Pappanaickenpalayam in the city. Students of the school staged a road blockade to protest against the action.

Official sources said the civic body had served three notices to the school and the Town Planning officials had also visited it to ask the authorities to stop the construction. When the school allegedly defied the orders, the Corporation officials went to the spot on Thursday, stopped the work and seized the materials being used for construction.

As students and parents protested the action, the Corporation officials told the school management to get the necessary approval from the civic body and continue with the construction. The protest was then called off. The officials also asked the management to give importance to the safety of the students while building new structures.

Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra wanted parents to check whether schools were safe for their children. He wanted the Town Planning Department in the Corporation to bestow special attention on building plans submitted by schools and ensure there was no undue delay in clearing these.

The Corporation would also explore whether stickers with the words “unauthorised building” could be pasted on structures that came up at schools without getting the mandatory plan approval. Parents could learn from these stickers that their children studied in schools that violated rules.

The Corporation would also seek criminal action against those who tried to prevent efforts from the Corporation to stop unauthorised constructions.

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 June 2009 14:09