The Hindu 29.12.2010
Corporation seals buildings within gated community
COIMBATORE: The Local Planning Authority (LPA) and Coimbatore Corporation on Tuesday sealed the club house and shops at a gated community, east of Nanjundapuram Road.
According to an LPA official, the project was accorded approval in 2003 for 160 residential dwellings, a club house and commercial complex.
Deviations
The construction, however, was not as per the approved plan. The source said there were deviations as the club house was constructed on a canal.
The commercial complex was constructed encroaching upon the parking space. It also exceeded the approved area.
Notice served
The LPA served show-cause notice in 2009 and an appeal by the project promoter was rejected by the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
Following the rejection, the LPA and the Corporation sealed the club and the commercial complex, curtailing the use of the two buildings.
Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra said a bank that had rented a portion of the unauthorised structures was given time to move out.
For practical reasons the bank's branch would function there for a month or so and then move out.
Time given
The civic body had also given time to a finance company there to shift its office following a representation from the latter's representatives.
Mr. Mishra said that the civic body would issue a notice to the property promoter to take possession of a road that was supposed to have been handed over to the local body, as marked in the layout. This was a violation of law and the civic body would ensure that the road was also taken over.
The move would serve as a warning to violators and send a strong message that the Corporation would not hesitate to take action against offenders.
