The Hindu - Staff Correspondent
Drive to clear encroachments on roads
HUBLI: Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation will conduct a "mini demolition drive" at Navanagar, here, on Thursday to clear the encroachments on roads and drains.
The demolition drive is scheduled to start at around 7 a.m. and will continue until all the roads in Navangar are cleared of encroachments.
The demolition drive is aimed at making the roads of Navangar "wider" as most the roads in the area have been encroached by gardens outside houses. Shopkeepers have encroached the HDMC property for widening the area of their "operations".
According to HDMC sources another major area of concern to the authorities was illegal constructions over the drains.
The blocks over drains were resulting in water clogging, and damaging the roads, they said.
Roads in Navanagar are nine to 12 metres wide. However, they have been reduced to six to three metres at few places, affecting the vehicular movement, they said.
About 80 persons from the HDMC and other agencies would be participating in the drive under police protection.
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