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MCC demolishes 8 illegal basement shops in complex

Thursday, 28 January 2010 10:43 administrator
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Deccan Herald 28.01.2010

District administration will not allow violations in future, asserts DC
MCC demolishes 8 illegal basement shops in complex
Mangalore, Jan 27, DH News Service:


Continuing its drive against unauthorised structures, Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) demolished a total of eight illegally built shops accommodated in a multi-storeyed building in the heart of the City on Wednesday.



Workers seen demolishing the shops in a multi-storeyed building in Balmatta. The eight shops covering a total area of 166.37 square meters on the ground floor of Oberle Towers at Balmatta were said to have violated the building norms, and even neglected the notices served by the civic body.

MCC Commissioner K N Vijay Prakash, who was personally supervising the demolition process, told media persons that the shops had grossly violated the rules by occupying the parking space left for the building. The City Corporation had received so many complaints from the members of the public in this regard, he said.

He said the building belonged to one Mohammed A Kunhi. “Though they looked like eight shops, there were additional compartments inside. Notices have been served to the people concerned thrice but they ignored them,” he informed.

“The MCC has identified 19 structures in the city limits which have violated the norms. Some have applied for ‘akrama-sakrama’ and some cases are in the court. In the meantime, the civic body in association with fire officials have made a scientific study of the construction scenario in Mangalore. The MCC is going to take action against the violaters in a phased manner,” the Commissioner added.

Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj who visited the site said the administration is all set to stop any more violations in the future and at the same time rectifying the previous violations.

“Parking has been a big problem in the city since builders have not provided proper parking space in the buildings,” he noted.

Vijay Prakash said the construction of Oberle Towers began in 1994 and it got a completion certificate in 2007. “In fact, five more shops in the same floor have violated the norms but they have already obtained license from the Corporation. Steps will be taken again them too in the days to come,” he informed. The demolition drive began early in the morning with police protection. A large number of onlookers had gathered at the site. Ramadas Pai, a public, said “the administration’s decision to demolish the illegal structures is indeed good. The drive should continue.”

 

Eight unauthorised shops in basement cleared

Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:36 administrator
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The Hindu 28.01.2010

Eight unauthorised shops in basement cleared

Staff Correspondent

They had come up in space meant for parking

 

‘The shops had come up after the owner obtained building completion certificate’

Corporation has identified 19 buildings where space meant for parking has been misused

— Photo: R. Eswarraj

Pulled down: Illegal structures that had come up in the basement of a building at Balmatta in Mangalore being cleared by Mangalore City Corporation authorities on Wednesday.

MANGALORE: Authorities of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) cleared eight shops built in violation of the law in the basement of Oberle Towers building in Balmatta here on Wednesday.

The operation, which began at 8.30 a.m., lasted for over three hours. K.N. Vijayaprakash, corporation Commissioner, who supervised the operation, told presspersons that the building owner had put up the eight shops in 266.37 sq. m area meant for parking in the basement, in violation of the law.

The Commissioner said that the owner of the six-storey building had obtained a building completion certificate from the corporation in 2007. The corporation had then permitted construction of five shops in 144 sq. m area in the basement. The remaining space (266.37 sq. m) was meant for parking.

Mr. Vijayaprakash said that the owner, Mohammed Arabi of Attavar, had misused the space meant for parking after obtaining the building completion certificate. Three notices were served to the building owner asking him to clear the illegal structures in the basements. He said that the corporation had identified 19 buildings in the city where space meant for parking had been misused. Owners of some of those buildings had applied for regularisation while cases pertaining to some were pending before the corporation Commissioner’s court, he said.

Mr. Vijayaprakash said that authorities of the corporation and the Fire and Emergency Services Department recently completed a survey of buildings where fire safety norms had been violated. The details were being compiled.

Meanwhile, the corporation action at the Oberle Towers drew the attention of many people. Welcoming the action, employees of some of the offices located in the building said it was difficult for them to find space to park their vehicles in the basement. But, now there would be no such problem, they added. Ramdas Pai, an onlooker, claimed that there were many such buildings in the city where parking space had been misused. Corporation authorities should take action against the owners of such buildings too, he said.

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 05:38
 

Municipal corporation mulls removing bulk encroachments

Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:00 administrator
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The Times of India 24.01.2010

Municipal corporation mulls removing bulk encroachments

Manvinder Singh, TNN, 24 January 2010, 09:54pm IST
LUDHIANA: After directions from the high court, the municipal corporation (MC) authorities have finally turned their attention towards bulk encroachments in the city as the top brass of the civic body has asked officers to decide the course of action against these encroachments so that better usage of public land could be ensured.

According to available information, hearing a petition regarding illegal encroachments on January 22, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had asked MC officers to file their reply within a week regarding action being taken by it to remove encroachments in areas like the scooter market at Gill Chowk, car bazaar in Feroze Gandhi market, kiosks at Dholewal Chowk and near the ITI college on Gill Road.

Sources revealed that most of these encroachments had taken place as the officers of tehbazaari branch had been issuing slips to these encroachers from time to time. But now, after the directions of the high court, the MC top brass had started mulling options to deal with the situation.

Likewise, MC commissioner AK Sinha, mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura and senior deputy mayor Praveen Bansal along with a battery of other officers had gone to these sites to assess the situation and decide the future course of action.

Sources revealed that apart from removing these encroachments, the MC is also mulling the idea of allotting some other space to these people for rehabilitating them as they have been earning their livelihood from these places from last many year.

When contacted, Bansal said that apart from the orders of the court the main motive of their visit was to take stock of the situation so as to ensure optimum use of the public land.
 
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