The Hindu
SELF-HELP IS THE BEST HELP: Shopkeepers helping a person to climb on to the roof of a shop to clear encroachment before the arrival of earthmovers of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation in Hubli on Wednesday.
HUBLI: The third phase of the demolition drive against encroachments on roads in Hubli began on Wednesday. The three-day drive will tackle over 40 roads.
What was remarkable was the absence of the "stunning effect" which the earlier phases of the drive had given to the people.
The people on either side of the identified roads had been told before hand about the extent of encroachment and had been requested to clear it on their own.
As a result, even as the earthmovers in 10 batches trundled along the roads, building owners removed the encroachments themselves. Others had emptied the premises marked for demolition.
The corporation was acting on a carefully worked out plan and the squads and the police had been given a detailed map of the area to be tackled.
HESCOM, BSNL help
Personnel of the Hubli Electricity Supply Company and the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited were on hand to disconnect power and telephone lines in the area slated for demolition.
There was an appreciable increase in the number of policemen on duty. This was attributed to reports that some Congress corporators might try to create trouble. But these reports turned out to be baseless.
After encroachments were removed on the Pune-Bangalore National Highway, Narayan Nadumani, Commissioner of Police, Hubli-Dharwad, said the police had decided to introduce two-way traffic on a stretch of the road.
P. Manivannan, corporation Commissioner, said discrepancies, if any, in documents pertaining to property could be settled later and that the corporation would make good any loss to house owners.
In Gardenpet, a few miscreants tried to create disturbance by throwing stones at the police. The mob was immediately dispersed and the situation was brought under control.
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