The Hindu               16.07.2013

‘Notices issued to 37 old buildings’

Notices have been issued to the owners of 37 old and dilapidating buildings and the identification process of some more buildings was on and if they fail to respond in a week they would be demolished, according to Collector (In-charge) K. Harshavardhan.

If the owners failed respond on time they would be imposed a penalty, besides demolition of their buildings, he said and warned the authorities concerned that they would be held responsible if they showed negligence in taking action. The dilapidating buildings included both government and private, he said.

Mr. Harshavardhan, who went around in the old town, asked the municipal officials to take steps to get the clogged drains cleaned, repairs to metal and mud roads, besides removal of garbage. Water-logging at the overhead tank at Malapally was likely to seep into public taps thereby contaminating the drinking water and therefore it needs to be cleaned, he said.

Garbage bins

Emphasising on the upkeep of environs, he said mud roads turned inconvenient to people and drain repair works at Girls’ Junior College (Urdu) and CC road construction should be taken up soon.

He also asked to keep garbage bins wherever they were absent and appealed to the people not to send cattle onto roads.

Municipal Commissioner Mangatayaru, Municipal Health Officer Sirajuddin and Tahsildar Rajender accompanied the Collector.