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Illegal structures removed by Kanpur municipal corporation

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 12:05 administrator
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The Times of India               10.07.2013

Illegal structures removed by Kanpur municipal corporation

KANPUR: As many as 57 illegal structures in zone -5 were demolished by the anti-encroachment squad of the Kanpur municipal corporation on Tuesday.

The squad led by CP Shukla conducted the drive against encroachment at Kabari Market, Shanideo temple Govind Nagar bridge and Parag dairy and bull dozed 11 tin sheds, 6 shanty shops of tea and paan shops, 15 huts and 25 tarpuline and wooden sheds.

The squad realized a sum of Rs 5000 as user charge from the illegal occupiers.

Five wooden shanty shops and tattar sheds were demolished by another squad in zone -4. According to Rajeev Shukla, zonal head, his team had visited the ward 110 to check the sanitation drive being conducted there and found that five illegal shops were hindering the drive. The encroachment was removed and specific instructions were placed to sanitation supervisor regarding cleaning the garbage dump daily.

Local residents there complained that drains were not being cleaned properly. Sanitation inspector Taiyyab was instructed to get them clean at the earliest.

 

Death toll rises to 17 in building collapse; GHMC starts demolition drive

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 10:45 administrator
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The Hindustan Times            10.07.2013

Death toll rises to 17 in building collapse; GHMC starts demolition drive

The death toll in the collapse of a Secunderabad hotel building mounted to 17 on Tuesday, with four more bodies being pulled out from under the debris, even as the GHMC launched a drive to demolish unsafe buildings.
 
"Fifteen people are undergoing treatment for injuries they sustained in the collapse of City Light Hotel and Bakery on Rashtrapati Road yesterday," Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner M T Krishna Babu said.
 
The removal of the debris would continue tonight as well, he said.
 
The nearly 80-year-old two-storeyed building crumbled yesterday morning.
 
Police said that son of the hotel owner was one of the victims in the mishap.
 
"The injured were shifted to state-run Gandhi Hospital, where five among them were discharged while doctors performed surgeries on four others," an official said.
 
Meanwhile, the GHMC began a drive to demolish unsafe buildings and verify the safety of old buildings.
 
A combination of factors like construction of furnaces for cooking in the upper floor and seepage from a water tank have been cited as the possible reasons for the collapse.
 
A police case of negligence had also been registered against hotel owners.
 
The eatery was a favourite for morning tea and snacks for a large number of people, especially those belonging to the working class.
 

GHMC demolishes 13 old buildings

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 10:03 administrator
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The New Indian Express            10.07.2013

GHMC demolishes 13 old buildings

Municipal workers demolishing an old building at Mangalhat in the old city of Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Rvk Rao
Municipal workers demolishing an old building at Mangalhat in the old city of Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Rvk Rao

A day after the building collapse on the busy RP Road in Secunderabad, in which 17 persons dead and scores injured, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) finally woke up from slumber and started demolishing dilapidated buildings in different parts of the city on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, demolition of a dozen old buildings has been taken up in different parts of the city and the exercise would continue for a few days. Joint inspections carried out by the town planning and engineering teams have identified as many as 154 buildings as old and dilapidated, which need to be demolished immediately.

Municipal corporation teams demolished buildings in Uppal Budvel (2), Rajendranagar (2), Mangalhat (1),  Hill Fort Road (1), Adarsh Nagar (1) Old Bowenpally (2), Qutbullapur (3) and Monda Market (1).

 
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