The City Corporation is set to act tough against all unauthorised
wayside vendors and bunks functioning in the city. The decision to
evacuate them all was taken during a council meeting held here on
Monday.
The move will also affect the people who earn a living by
writing petitions for applicants outside the Corporation office. The
decision was arrived at during a discussion on a resolution considering
the appeal submitted by a senior manager of Milma regarding availing
licence for the Milma bunks functioning along Statue-General Hospital
Road, at Devaswom Board Junction, and near the post office in South
Fort. As per the order of the Kerala High Court, no business shall be
allowed on footpaths or roadsides.
Regarding the illegal
constructions in the city, the Corporation will form an assessment team
of officers to check the issue. It has been observed that the number of
such buildings has been on the rise in the Vizhinjam zone.
The
council also approved to take further steps to start the construction of
a leachate treatment plant at the now closed Vilappilsala centralised
garbage treatment plant. It also expressed hope over the support of the
State Government and a court order to start construction in the near
future. So far, a fund of Rs 11.52 crore from JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Renewal Mission) has been spent for the plant. The
resolution was placed in the council anticipating that the Union
Government would ask to return the money allocated unless the work
commences. As much as 98 per cent of the equipment for the leachate
treatment plant has already been transported to the site at
Vilappilsala.
