The Pioneer 28.05.2013
IMC squad demolishes 11 illegal shops at Palasia
In a move being awaited since long, the demolition squad of
Indore Municipal Corporationon (IMC) on Monday demolished illegal
construction of 11 shops at Palasia left turn to pave way for the
widening of road.
Accompanied by police force, the demolition squad led by senior
administrative officers Rajnish Kasera, tehsildar Bihari Singh, city
engineer Harbhajan Singh, Mahendra Singh Chouhan and Virendra Upadhyaya
reached along with the JCB machine at the Palasia square early morning
on Monday. At around 7.05 am on Monday, the demolition squad started
bulldozing illegal structures.
Though few of the affected shop owners including proprietor of Bombay
Tyre House Ustan Bhai resisted IMC move by showing a copy of the status
quo order of the High Court, the IMC officers did not pay any heed to
his plea and continued with the demolition works. Besides Bombay Tyre
House, the shops whose illegal structures were demolished included
Sharma Paan, Atithi Bhojnalay, Sadhna Juice Centre, Kunal Newspaper
Agency, Dr Jawed Sheikh’s clinin and Shreekripa Hotel respectively. The
demolition works yielded as many as 30 trucks of roubles and the same
were transported to Kabirkheri trenching ground.
As many as three bulldozers, seven dumpers and over 40 employees had
been pressured into service during the demolition works. To facilitate
smooth demolition works and avoid traffic bottlenecks in the area, the
administration had put up barricades near the Ghantagar on the MG Road
so as to divert movement of vehicles coming from the Regal square.
The shop owners whose illegal structures were demolished did try to put
up resistance in the demolition works by showing the officials court
stay order, the officials present there hardly paid any heed to the stay
orders and carried out the demolition works till all the illegal
construction of nine shops were bulldozed.
