Indian Express 11.10.2009
Civic body continues demolition drive
Even as the High Court posted further hearing in the C G Road and two other demolition cases to Tuesday, the demolition squads of the municipal corporation’s Estate Department continued the execution of the court order for removal of illegal constructions in the other civic zones.
The major operation was carried out in Odhav where a 1.5 km stretch on the 100-feet Road was cleared, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said in an official release on Monday.
It said the drive helped clear 3,500 sq metres of land, illegally occupied by 80 industrial constructions, 20 commercial structures and cross walls. Besides, another 300 sq metre plot was vacated opposite Ranchhodji Mandir in Rabari Colony, also in the east zone.
In the north zone, the demolition of shops and other complexes continued in Thakkarbapanagar and Potalia wards on the northern side of the 132-feet Road from Dinesh Chambers to Thakkarbapanagar Approach.
Shops involved in litigations were left out of the drive, the release said adding that a number of people dismntled the illegal structures on their own.
