The Hindu 07.02.2014
Crackdown against “unauthorised structures”
Municipal authorities have launched a crackdown against “unauthorised structures” in the town on Thursday.
According to municipal sources, a special squad of the corporation demolished three “unauthorised” penthouses under construction on top of multi-storeyed buildings on the busy Wyra road here in the afternoon.
The members of the squad carried out the demolition drive under the supervision of the Municipal Commissioner Srinivas Rao till late in the afternoon.
Additional personnel were deployed during the demolition of a penthouse, which is under construction atop a shopping mall on the busy thoroughfare, sources added.
The civic authorities have earlier issued notices to the owners of the buildings for construction of penthouses in violation of the stipulated rules. “We have identified nine penthouses some of them already completed and others under various stages of construction on top of some buildings on Wyra Road, Burhanpuram and other localities in the town in contravention of the Andhra Pradesh Buildings Rules, 2012,” said R. Srinivas Rao, Assistant City Planner, Khammam Municipal Corporation. Three of them had been demolished as per the directions of the higher authorities; he said adding that the action has been initiated after serving notices on the owners of the buildings in compliance with the procedures.
