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The District Administration has launched a thrust to region roadside encroachments from 28 places successful Puducherry municipality and its surrounding areas.
The drive, jointly conducted by the departments of Revenue, Local Administration, Public Works and Traffic to region amerciable constructions connected pavements, structures extending to main roads, banners, cut-outs and flex-boards, volition proceed till June 22. The thrust was held to facilitate hassle-free question of vehicles and supply abstraction for pedestrians, said a Revenue Department authoritative
Prior accusation was fixed to shopowners and the wide nationalist to wide encroachments earlier June 1. A associated squad from the participating departments has begun the drive. In the past fewer days, amerciable structures were removed from Jawaharlal Nehru Street, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mission Street, Ajantha junction and structures connected Grand Canal.
In the coming days, the thrust volition beryllium held on the East Coast Road, Lawspet, Rajiv Gandhi Square to Indira Gandhi Square, Bussy Street, Moolakulam, Vazhudhavur Road and streets successful the Boulevard area.
Residents person been making predominant complaints astir encroachment of pedestrian pathways by shopowners successful the town. “We person seen encroachment drives successful the past too. The occupation is that aft the gross squad leaves the country aft the drive, the advertisement boards re-appear connected the pavements. It is precise hard to locomotion connected the streets, peculiarly during weekends erstwhile the postulation measurement is precise high,” said a resident.
