VMC removes encroachments along drains to decongest roads

The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has begun identifying and removing encroachments on stormwater drains successful the metropolis to easiness postulation congestion, forestall waterlogging and widen the roads.

On Tuesday, arsenic per instructions of VMC Commissioner Dhyanachandra H.M., municipality readying unit of the corp demolished a house, allegedly constructed without immoderate permissions, adjacent the Skew Bridge.

In a property release, Mr. Dhyanachandra said the corp is focusing connected removing encroachments to guarantee that determination is nary obstruction to the travel of drain h2o and besides to code h2o stagnation. He urged the nationalist to refrain from constructing buildings without permissions. Any unauthorised structures, built till August 31, 2025, indispensable beryllium regularised done the Building Penalisation Scheme.

According to the Town Planning Department, six families were surviving successful the location that was demolished connected Tuesday. The families had been provided alternate accommodation a agelong clip agone and had been served notices and fixed clip to vacate, the Department said. They added that specified demolition drives would beryllium taken up adjacent ESI infirmary successful Gunadala too.