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In a shocking incident, immoderate employees of Srivilliputtur Municipality allegedly chopped the tyres of two-wheelers, with a machete, arsenic a deterrence against parking of vehicles successful a autobus shelter, connected Friday.
Led by Assistant Engineer (Town Planning) A. Venkatesan, the workers started to chopped the beforehand and backmost tyres of bicycles, motorbikes and mopeds.
The autobus structure acceptable up astatine the Church autobus halt for Rajapalayam buses has been rendered useless arsenic the buses are being stopped a small distant connected the four-road junction. Since nary passengers are utilizing the autobus shelter, two-wheeler riders, including students and office-goers, started to usage the vacant abstraction to parkland their vehicles.
The officials abruptly arrived astatine the autobus structure connected Friday and started to chopped the tyres to forestall unauthorised parking. However, Mr. Venkatesan said the tyres were not damaged.
“We were connected a thrust against unauthorised banners successful the town. Since, the worker had carried a machete, which was utilized to region the banners, astatine the autobus structure it gave a incorrect impression. The autobus drivers person been complaining that the buses could not beryllium stopped successful beforehand of the structure arsenic nary passengers could usage it owed to encroachment by bikes,” Mr. Venkatesan said.
The municipal employees had been informing the encroachers for the past 4 days. The conveyance users continued to parkland the bikes successful the autobus structure adjacent aft deflating of the tyres, Mr. Venkatesan said.
