The Times of India       23.09.2014 

Civic body gears up to intensify anti-encroachment drive across Aurangabad

AURANGABAD:
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which has been razing
encroachments in the city for the past few days, is all set to intensify
its action from Tuesday.

Shivaji Zanzan, in-charge of the
anti-encroachment department in the AMC, said the civic body would take
action against illegal occupants in the Beed Bypass area in the next
two-three days. “It will be a major action against those occupying
public utility lands for long. Similar aggressive drive will be carried
out in other parts of the city very soon,” he said while talking to TOI
on Monday.

Zanazan also said market places, major roads and public places would be made free of encroachments.

On Saturday, the municipal body removed illegal occupants form
Jadhavwadi, State Bank Colony and Connaught Place in the city. Zanzan
said the eviction drive passed off smoothly. “There was slight
resistance from the occupants but overall it was peaceful,” he said.

In Jadhavwadi, the authorities demolished roadside shops and clear the
road. “Local residents have been complaining about it for quite some
time. Most of the structures were built on the encroached land,” he
said.

In the State Bank Colony area, the AMC staff removed
temporary shops and those occupying public utility land. “A considerable
portion of the road was encroached by the shopkeepers and vendors. The
entire stretch was freed from the clutches of the vendors,” Zanzan said.

In Connaught Place, the owner of one of the restaurants had expanded
his set up illegally. The anti- encroachment staff demolished the
expanded portion.

The civic body had demolished illegal
extensions of restaurants and eateries in other parts of the city in the
last three-four days. Residents had been complaining that the
restaurants had made expansions and alterations.