The New Indian Express 30.11.2010
Corporation recovers land worth Rs 5 crore
A private restaurant named Polimer Hotel had encroached upon the Corporation land several years ago. The hotel ran a juice stall besides constructing a toilet for its customers on the land. A Madras High Court stay order prohibiting the Corporation from reclaiming the land was lifted a few weeks ago and the civic body swiftly moved in to recover the land. About 30 Corporation staff supported by heavy machineries completed the reclamation exercise in an hour under the guidance of the civic body’s zone-7 assistant commissioner. Sources said the reclaimed land would soon be developed as a small park. In the last four years, the Corporation has reclaimed about 1,442 grounds of lands and developed them as parks and playgrounds.
