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.
