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The Coimbatore Consumer Cause (CCC) has flagged usurpation of tribunal orders and authorities instructions successful roadworthy re-laying works carried retired by the Coimbatore Corporation.
K. Kathirmathiyon, caput of CCC, said a writ petition filed by the organisation successful the Madras High Court successful 2020 led to instructions from the Chief Secretary that the tallness of roads should not beryllium accrued nether immoderate condition during re-laying works. The Tamil Nadu authorities had fixed an undertaking earlier the High Court to strictly travel these directions.
He said roads successful the metropolis are being re-laid without milling, resulting successful an summation successful roadworthy height. The Commissioner of Municipal Administration had issued directions mandating milling oregon scrapping of existing roads, mentation of longitudinal conception drawings to find finished roadworthy levels, inclusion of punishment clauses successful tender documents, and show of boards astatine enactment sites showing existing and projected roadworthy levels.
However, these directions are not followed by section bodies, with nary longitudinal conception drawings oregon finished roadworthy level measurements taken earlier oregon aft re-laying works, and nary specified records disposable successful authoritative files, helium alleged.
Mr. Kathirmathiyon warned that a contempt of tribunal petition volition beryllium filed against the officials acrophobic if corrective enactment is not taken.
Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said milling is not required for each roadworthy and is undertaken lone successful prime cases. There is nary authorities bid mandating milling for each roads and that the Corporation volition enactment if specified an bid is issued, helium said.
