Indian Express 16.11.2010
Ahmedabad civic body launches sealing drive
Express News Service Tags : Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Kamal Mehta Committee, Indo-German Tool Room Ltd Posted: Tue Nov 16 2010, 04:48 hrs
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s estate department carried out sealing and demolition operations in all the six zones simultaneously on Monday and announced that the drive would continue in days to come, in accordance with suggestions from the Justice (retd) Kamal Mehta Committee.The properties sealed included an industrial estate with 35 sheds in the east zone Ramol Ward's Vatva GIDC Phase-IV, behind the Indo-German Tool Room Ltd. The AMC has imposed a ban on use of these sheds located in Tirth Estate.
The west zone saw maximum sealing operations during the day. AMC sealed 43,000 sq ft of space in the Agrawal Complex near Municipal Market, sealed illegal parking space in the basement of Navneet Plaza, besides sealing 10 basement and seven ground-floor shops in Om Complex on C G Road.
Sixty commercial units were sealed in Abhishek Building in Khanpur and in Ganj Bazar of Madhavpura ward in the east zone, besides a godown in Sumel Complex opposite Gurudwara freeing 2,500 sq feet of space. Moreover, the AMC south zone staff sealed 82 shops in the basement of Gopal Tower opposite Maningar railway station and sealed 30 shops in Kalasagar Complex in Thakkarbapanagar, besides sealing four floors of a nearby building.
