The Hindu 07.02.2014
Crackdown against “unauthorised structures”
Municipal authorities have launched a crackdown against “unauthorised structures” in the town on Thursday.
According
to municipal sources, a special squad of the corporation demolished
three “unauthorised” penthouses under construction on top of
multi-storeyed buildings on the busy Wyra road here in the afternoon.
The
members of the squad carried out the demolition drive under the
supervision of the Municipal Commissioner Srinivas Rao till late in the
afternoon.
Additional personnel were deployed during
the demolition of a penthouse, which is under construction atop a
shopping mall on the busy thoroughfare, sources added.
The
civic authorities have earlier issued notices to the owners of the
buildings for construction of penthouses in violation of the stipulated
rules. “We have identified nine penthouses some of them already
completed and others under various stages of construction on top of some
buildings on Wyra Road, Burhanpuram and other localities in the town in
contravention of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings Rules, 2012,” said R.
Srinivas Rao, Assistant City Planner, Khammam Municipal Corporation.
Three of them had been demolished as per the directions of the higher
authorities; he said adding that the action has been initiated after
serving notices on the owners of the buildings in compliance with the
procedures.
