The Times of India 17.04.2013
4 illegal layout owners feel the pinch of Vuda drive
Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) has embarked on a drive
against unauthorised layouts in its limits. The drive, which
kick-started on Monday, continued for the second day on Tuesday.
Refusing to furnish the details of the drive, the Vuda vice chairman N
Yuvaraj told TOI that they would continue the drive till all the illegal
layouts are removed and put up the details of illegal layouts every
week on their website.
“We formed a 11-member enforcement
committee to take up the drive and sent notices to the all members too
on April 2 before officially beginning the drive on Monday,” said
Yuvaraj.
On Monday alone, the enforcement team headed by chief
urban planner RJ Vidyullatha conducted raids on illegal layouts in
Anakapalle and Achyuthapuram mandals in the district.
The team
took action against unauthorised layout developers including Ch Satyam
and others at survey number 480/1P and 2P in an area of three acres, B
Satyam and others in survey number 472/6B, 473, 474/1 to 5 across 4.87
acres, Durga Layout by B Dhana Lakshmi on 2.06 acres in survey numbers
294/3, 294/8, 294/3A and P Manikyam over 0.80 acres in survey number
482/1 of Tummapala village of Anakapalle.
Roads, boundary
pillars and plotting stones were removed by the special team headed by V
Ramkumar, deputy director of Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical
Investment Region (PCPIR), with the help of the village secretary.
Vuda has also sought the assistance of AP Real Estate Developers Association (APREDA) to prevent unauthorised layouts from mushrooming in the Visakhapatnam metropolitan area.
Yuvaraj said that the urban development body has also started to take
up awareness campaigns in association with APREDA to caution people from
purchasing plots in illegal layouts apart from installing hoardings at
various places and making information related to unauthorised layouts
public.