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Encroachments removed for Road Widening

<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Trichy Corporation officials evicted encroachments at Pandamangalam in Woraiyur on Monday after the civic body decided to widen the roads in the city. Compound walls and sheds were removed during the eviction drive.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The corporation officials including assistant commissioner, assistant executive engineer commenced the eviction drive at around 9am on Pandamangalam Road. A posse of police personnel was also deployed in the area to prevent any opposition from the people.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The eviction drive also did not come as a surprise to the encroachers as the corporation had already issued notices to them a couple of months ago advising them to voluntarily remove the encroachments on the 60 feet road. However, no one came forward to remove the compound walls and sheds that encroached the road.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">The notice was issued after the corporation decided to lay the 60 feet wide Pandamangalam Road. Assistant executive engineer T P Sivapadham said that around 20 feet of the road was encroached by the people for illegal constructions. &quot;We evicted around 20 encroachments on the Pandamangalam Road. The eviction drive went smoothly as they did not try to create any problem as they were already informed,&quot; said Sivapadham. However, one of the encroachers sought additional time for him to voluntarily remove his encroachment, but the corporation officials refused to do so as the two months&#39; notice period was over. The officials said that the road will be laid partly for 400m in the first phase. The rest of the road would be laid once the first phase is over.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#696969"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial">Source-On Request</span></span></span></p>