The Hindu       30.05.2015  

Corporation removes obstruction at taxi stand entry near Big Tank

Works for a road on the Big Tank bund are in full swing in Coimbatore. - Photo: M. Periasamy

Coimbatore Corporation officials on Friday demolished a portion of the compound wall that was constructed encompassing a taxi stand near the Ukkadam Big Tank.

According to the sources, the Corporation was forced to remove the compound wall and provide a pathway after vehicle owners who used the stand threatened to stage a protest if the Corporation did not remove it.

The drivers’ grouse was that despite requesting the civic body that it was a question of their livelihood, the civic body went ahead to fence the area.

To urge the Corporation to undo the damage, the drivers, led by CITU district president C. Padmanabhan, Road Transport Union State General Secretary S. Moorthy, Auto Rickshaw Drivers’ Union leader P.K. Sugumar and others, had planned to stage a protest.

The sources said that the Corporation officials inspected the site, agreed to have the compound wall removed and also cleared the pathway for easy entry and exit of vehicles.

The Coimbatore Corporation had been engaged in improving the eastern bund of the Ukkadam Big Tank to throw it open for light motor vehicle traffic.

The Hindu      22.04.2015 

'Clear encroachment on government buildings’

With parking lots in commercial complexes being encroached upon, motorists are forced to scramble for space in the twin cities.— File photo

As the Hubballi-Dharwad Muncipal Corporation (HDMC) is all set to carry out a demolition drive against encroachment on parking places, the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers, Hubballi, has urged the corporation to begin the drive by clearing the encroachment on government and commercial buildings.

In a release, association president Suresh M. Kiresur said while issuing notices to building owners, the HDMC was targeting residential buildings.

Residential apartments targeted

Most of the notices issued by the HDMC were to residential apartments. However, most of the government buildings and commercial buildings in busy areas such as Rani Chennamma Circle, Janata Bazar complex, swimming pool complex and P.T. Park have no parking areas.

Moreover, many zonal offices of the corporation too had no proper parking arrangements, he said.

“It is known to all that most of the commercial buildings in the city have been built encroaching upon parking slots. The HDMC should focus on such buildings first,” Mr. Kiresur said.

He said the residential apartments which had been issued notices had been earlier given completion certificates by HDMC officials.

Inspection

Mr. Kiresur asked does that mean the HDMC officials issued them completion certificates without inspection.

The association would oppose any move to target only residential buildings, he added.

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers says HDMC zonal offices too do not have proper parking arrangements