“Several legal disputes in connection with unauthorised panchayat
layouts have been observed as some of the owners have been submitting
fake documents to encroach upon lands in an unauthorised manner”, said
GHMC Commissioner, MT Krishna Babu. The commissioner has directed the
municipal standing counsel and the town planning wing to initiate steps
on these layouts to curb the encroachments and protect the corporation’s
properties.

Speaking to reporters after the Prajavani programme
on Monday, Krishna Babu said that the GHMC has initiated action against
dilapidated buildings. As against the identified 654 buildings, about
361 have been demolished so far. For the remaining 293 buildings,
notices have been issued to the owners for strengthening the buildings,
failing which the GHMC will demolish the buildings by duly collecting
the demolition charges from the building owners.

He said that most
of the owners are providing information to the call centre on 155304,
based on which the buildings are being inspected by the assistant city
planner and the executive engineers concerned.

If any confusion
arises regarding the strength and stability of the building, the GHMC
seeks the services of a third party check-up like the JNTU and other
organisations for cross-checking the structural stability.

To
avoid frequent damages to roads, the GHMC has proposed to lay white
topping roads (cc roads) from October this year. The GHMC is preparing
the list of stretches where white toppings are to be laid.    

In
regard to park encroachments, he said that they have taken up the
construction of compound walls at open spaces to safeguard its
properties. “Since the last three years, as many as 700 open spaces have
been identified where compound walls have been constructed”, he said.

The
GHMC has sanctioned `15 crore to take up the construction of compound
walls on all the open spaces and parks. For the remaining open spaces,
the corporation will construct compound walls too.