The Hindu        25.09.2014  

Municipality to launch drive against encroachments

The Puducherry Municipality will soon launch a drive removing encroachments from any public place like pavements or public streets and roads under the municipal limits.

A release from S. Thammu Ganapathy, Commissioner of Puducherry Municipality said the parking lots allocated for the benefit of vehicle users at the busy traffic junctions in various parts of the town by the Municipal Corporation have been encroached.

This caused a lot of traffic snarls in the town. A section of people had also set up shops in crowded streets and erected fences around them.

He said that 15 days time would be given to those who had encroached on municipal properties to remove them voluntarily.

Show cause notice

If the warnings were not heeded the municipality would issue show cause notices and initiate legal action against the encroachers.