Survey teams have identified various locations and the drive is currently being intensified by the BBMP, he added. He also stated that this will continue till next June, where in the properties will not just be recovered but also restored.

The commissioner said that the encroached properties were spread around the city and mostly in the outskirts where new layouts were being built. This he said while inferring that as the city grows the requirements for better and wider roads and storm water drains among others have to be upgraded. The population and the vehicular traffic is growing rapidly which calls for roads to handle more vehicle density to ease congestion and ensure smooth flow of traffic and also widening storm water drains to avoid clogging of water during the rainy season, he said.