Indian Express 11.08.2010
Post-rains, AMC to survey shaky houses
Express News Service Tags : post rains, AMC to survey shaky houses Posted: Wed Aug 11 2010, 04:58 hrs
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has formed two teams, which will survey around 300 old and dilapidated houses in the Walled City in the next three days.It has issued notices to owners/occupants of 11 such houses that the civic body plans to pull down in the coming five days, Municipal Commissioner I P Gautam said on Tuesday.
Civic body sources claimed that they have already identified 64 houses that are dangerous to live in, but the owners did not pay attention to their notices. The fresh flurry of action comes after Chief Minister Narendra Modi took interest in the matter following heavy rains, which led to collapse of buildings and walls.
Sources said AMC had offered assistance to repair heritage houses and arrange partial financial help from HIDCO. But the scheme got poor response from occupants.
Meanwhile, the Solid Waste Management department has moved 2,628 tonnes of garbage with the help of 532 vehicles, that made 896 trips to dumping sites following the heavy rains in the city. Over 520 sanitary supervisors ensured the removal of garbage by 10,000 safai karmacharis, who were on round-the-clock duty, said Gautam, adding that the malaria control staff have covered 14,273 houses with 149 fogging machines.
