The Hindu 21.11.2016
Corporation retrieves reserved sites
The civic body officials on Saturday retrieved reserved sites
measuring 2.70 acre worth Rs. 40.3 crore in eviction drives conducted
across the city.
A release from the civic body said that the Town
Planning wing officials, following instructions from Special Officer and
Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan removed encroachments in reserved
sites in B.R. Nagar, Ramanathapuram (Ward 66), Poompuhar Nagar and Sri
Poompuhar Nagar, Kavundampalayam (Ward 6), Auto Nagar, Kavundampalayam
and Sri Devanga Nagar, Edayarpalayam(Ward 7), Bharathi Colony, Peelamedu
(Ward 39), Gandhi Managar, Ganapathy (Ward 41), P&T Colony, Kurichi
(Ward 99), and Addis Street, Nehru Stadium (Ward 72).
After
removing the encroachments, the officials erected boards informing the
public that the Corporation owned the land and that it should not be
misused. In a few places, the residents came forward to fence the land
and requested the civic body to develop parks, the officials involved in
the operations added.
