The Times of India 04.09.2012
Corporation recovers road space worth Rs 12cr
CHENNAI: Residents of
Padmanabha Nagar and Jeevaratnam Nagar in Adyar will now have a shorter
route to reach Lattice Bridge Road.The Chennai Corporation has recovered a large portion of Jeevaratnam Nagar First Street by demolishing a compound wall last week.
The road,which is a partof Jeevaratnam Nagar First Street, will lead
commuters to the area’s fourth street, where they can take a right turn
to reach the second street which leads to the main road.
The
stretch — 329 ft in length and 15ft wide — was allegedly blocked on the
western end and used as a parking space by residents of a private
apartment complex. Corporation officials said the blocked stretch was
worth more than 12crore.Thecivicbody, acting on a complaint from a
resident in December last year, began gathering legal evidence to prove
that the space was a public road handed over to the corporation in 1973,
when the layout for the plot was approved. When the corporation
officials went to demolish the wall, the residents stopped them saying
itwas a private road.
The corporation then began working on
tracing out the original sale deeds and plan approvals, to legally prove
the road was a property of the civic body. Officials in April managed
to get hold of the original layout of Parameshwari Nagar which
demarcates the ‘proposed 30 feet road’ and the transfer deed from the
landowner N Chengappa.
Officials say the civic body served the
residents association of the apartment complex a notice nearly two
months ago, saying the proposed road space had to be surrendered and
wall removed. The residents had then decided to tackle the issue
legally.
The Ragamalika Apartments Association
apex body president V S Padmavathy insisted that there was no
encroachment. They also questioned the civic body’s move to recover a
piece of land,ignored for more than 30 years. “Why did the corporation
not lay the road during these years ?” asked a resident. “The passage
has been used by the occupiers and predecessors from 1976
withoutinterruption.Thusthe occupiers of the three blocks have perfected
title over the passage by prescription,” states the association’s reply
to the civic body’slegal notice.
Padmanabha Nagar and Jeevaratnam Nagar in Adyar will now have a shorter
route to reach Lattice Bridge Road.The Chennai Corporation has recovered a large portion of Jeevaratnam Nagar First Street by demolishing a compound wall last week.
The road,which is a partof Jeevaratnam Nagar First Street, will lead
commuters to the area’s fourth street, where they can take a right turn
to reach the second street which leads to the main road.
The
stretch — 329 ft in length and 15ft wide — was allegedly blocked on the
western end and used as a parking space by residents of a private
apartment complex. Corporation officials said the blocked stretch was
worth more than 12crore.Thecivicbody, acting on a complaint from a
resident in December last year, began gathering legal evidence to prove
that the space was a public road handed over to the corporation in 1973,
when the layout for the plot was approved. When the corporation
officials went to demolish the wall, the residents stopped them saying
itwas a private road.
The corporation then began working on
tracing out the original sale deeds and plan approvals, to legally prove
the road was a property of the civic body. Officials in April managed
to get hold of the original layout of Parameshwari Nagar which
demarcates the ‘proposed 30 feet road’ and the transfer deed from the
landowner N Chengappa.
Officials say the civic body served the
residents association of the apartment complex a notice nearly two
months ago, saying the proposed road space had to be surrendered and
wall removed. The residents had then decided to tackle the issue
legally.
The Ragamalika Apartments Association
apex body president V S Padmavathy insisted that there was no
encroachment. They also questioned the civic body’s move to recover a
piece of land,ignored for more than 30 years. “Why did the corporation
not lay the road during these years ?” asked a resident. “The passage
has been used by the occupiers and predecessors from 1976
withoutinterruption.Thusthe occupiers of the three blocks have perfected
title over the passage by prescription,” states the association’s reply
to the civic body’slegal notice.