Urban Encroachment

One more temple demolished

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:52 administrator

The Times of India 07.05.2013

One more temple demolished

CUTTACK: After a lull of two days, the district administration on Monday resumed its drive against unauthorized illegal religious structures in the city. Three bulldozers pulled down the Trishakti temple spread over two acre at Markat Nagar. More than 10 platoons of police force were deployed in the area to avert any untoward incident.

"We managed to demolish only one temple, which was spread over a huge area. The drive went on smoothly," said ADM (Cuttack) Bibhu Prasad Sarangi.

The administration is now waiting for the Orissa High Court verdict on the petitions opposing the drive, which will come up for hearing on Tuesday. "Our future course of action will depend on the court's order," said Sarangi.

A high-level meeting was also convened in Bhubaneswar to discuss the issue. A delegation of Cuttack Mahanagar Peace Committee had met law minister Maheswar Mohanty on Friday and urged him to intervene in the matter. The MLAs representing Cuttack had also met chief minister Naveen Patnaik, requesting him to stop the demolition drive.

Sources said the drive is being carried out in accordance with January 6, 2011, order of the HC, in which it had ordered for demolition of all religious structures that have come up on government land after 1987. The drive began on May 1 and only five religious structures have been razed so far.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 12:02

BMC anti-encroachment squad demolishes three illegally constructed marriage gardens

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 06:00 administrator

The Pioneer 07.05.2013

BMC anti-encroachment squad demolishes three illegally constructed marriage gardens

Failing to comply with the rules and construction without obtaining building permission from BMC the anti encroachment squad grounded three illegally constructed marriage gardens at Lalghati on Monday.

During the special operation illegally constructed Green City, Gulshan and Swagat marriage gardens were demolished.

Before the operation was started the goods kept inside the marriage gardens was removed. After removing the goods the boundary wall, fencing gate, shed, rooms at the terrace, illegal kitchen and rooms on the back side of the marriage garden were razed using 5 JCB machines.

It took 4 hours to complete the operation and around 175 employees were involved in the process. Along with the team of technical experts of building permission wing, heavy police force including women police was present at the time of demolition.

The owners of the marriage gardens were issued notice under section 307 (2), 303 (1) of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1956 but when the owners of marriage garden failed to comply with the notice the demolishment was done. Providing the reason behind the demolition BMC officials told that the frequent traffic jams were caused on the Bairagarh road due to the parked vehicles of the visitors and guests attending the marriages at these gardens was a major problem and the problem was shared with the owners of these marriage gardens but they were not ready to follow the instructions and rules.

The Additional Commissioner GP Maali, City Investor Amit Gajbhiye, SDM, Tehsildar, Superintendent of Police, senior officials of the administration and police personnel were present during the operation.