The Hindu 28.09.2010
Corporation halts construction of building
Special Correspondent
Rule violation:A Corporation worker removing building materials from a construction site at Kamaraj Nagar in the city on Monday. —
COIMBATORE: The demolition squad of the Coimbatore Corporation stopped the construction of a building at Kamarajapuram along Mettupalayam Road in the city on Monday, saying that it did not have an approved plan.
Officials in the squad said the owners of the building had not even applied for plan approval. The squad, however, did not get into the usual procedure of demolition. Instead, it ordered a halt to the construction and seized materials used for it.
The construction workers were also sent out of the site.
The Corporation officials then pasted a notice at the site, which said that till plan approval was got further construction shall not be made. The building shall not be used for any purpose.
The notice sought to inform the public that the building was being subjected to action by the Local Planning Authority and the Corporation for violation of building rules.
An official said the site measured 520 sq.ft. and the two-storey building occupied the entire site, without the mandatory setback space.
