The Hindu 15.09.2017
Municipality seals buildings in Udhagamandalam
A
team comprising more than 15 municipality officials, along with the
Nilgiris district police went to the buildings located along Willow Bund
Road, Coonoor Road and Khandal. The officials evicted the people
residing in the buildings and closed them.
The building owners
appealed against the closure, but the Department of Municipal
Administration and Water Supply had ordered for the illegal
constructions to be closed down, officials from the municipality said.
This
was the first day of the eviction drive which is to be carried out by
the municipality to clear occupancy of unapproved constructions.
Town
Planning Inspector N. Palanichamy said that there were 1,330 cases
pertaining to illegal constructions in Udhagamandalam, which would be
acted upon on a case-to-case basis in the coming days.
Officials
said that the Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply
had directed that water and electricity to the illegal buildings be cut
off. The closure of unapproved buildings would continue on the orders of
Municipality Commissioner (in-charge), C. Ravi.