Encroachment obstructing Chitlapakkam surplus demolished
TNN | Nov 26, 2017, 23:57 IST
CHENNAI: The Kancheepuram district administration pulled down a marriage hall built over the Chilapakkam lake surplus channel on Sunday.
In the past two weeks, the Public Works Department and Kancheepuram district revenue officials had been taking down structures encroaching the lake. These structures did not let rain water drain into the lake during the 2015 monsoon and inundated the area.
On Sunday, the Tamil Nadu state disaster management authority tweeted a photograph of the demolition work with the caption, "Surplus canal restored. It was buried under a private marriage hall."
According to residents, the hall, owned by S Pandian of S V V Trust, caused flooding in the Ramakrishnapuram area of Chitlapakkam. "Only after the building's debris was cleared could we see the channel," said a government official.
Latest Comment Great move but why is it targeted against an individual when a 40 road several apartments & NSN school are all enchroachments.sreeni vasan
Last week, TOI reported on the multiple encroachment structures constructed by Pandian which includes temples and convention halls. Three temples built by Pandian along the Chitlapakkam lake are earmarked for demolition.
Sunil Jayaram, a local resident, told TOI that the onus was on the government to prevent further encroachment. "The channel must be rebuilt and widened. It flow to the Sembakkam lake should be without obstructions and only then can we prevent flooding," he said.
TNN | Nov 26, 2017, 23:57 IST
CHENNAI: The Kancheepuram district administration pulled down a marriage hall built over the Chilapakkam lake surplus channel on Sunday.
In the past two weeks, the Public Works Department and Kancheepuram district revenue officials had been taking down structures encroaching the lake. These structures did not let rain water drain into the lake during the 2015 monsoon and inundated the area.
On Sunday, the Tamil Nadu state disaster management authority tweeted a photograph of the demolition work with the caption, "Surplus canal restored. It was buried under a private marriage hall."
According to residents, the hall, owned by S Pandian of S V V Trust, caused flooding in the Ramakrishnapuram area of Chitlapakkam. "Only after the building's debris was cleared could we see the channel," said a government official.
Latest Comment Great move but why is it targeted against an individual when a 40 road several apartments & NSN school are all enchroachments.sreeni vasan
Last week, TOI reported on the multiple encroachment structures constructed by Pandian which includes temples and convention halls. Three temples built by Pandian along the Chitlapakkam lake are earmarked for demolition.
Sunil Jayaram, a local resident, told TOI that the onus was on the government to prevent further encroachment. "The channel must be rebuilt and widened. It flow to the Sembakkam lake should be without obstructions and only then can we prevent flooding," he said.
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