Aurangabad Municipal Corporation team clears blocked nullah in Garkheda
AURANGABAD: The civic body's anti-encroachment department on Saturday cleared a 600-metre long passage of a nullah between two housing societies at Garkheda Parisar.
An administrative officer in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, Priyanka Kesarkar, said residents had blocked the passage of the natural nullah situtated near Shahanoormiya Dargaha, by installing concrete pipes, measuring four feet in diameter, inside it. As a result, the fifteen foot wide nullah passage was reduced to a mere four feet.
On Saturday, when the AMC team when to the spot with two bulldozers, residents in the area tried to justify their actions They said the water flowing through the nullah would give out a foul smell. But the AMC team managed to convince them that narrowing the nullah would lead to water logging during the monsoon, said Kesarkar.
Another AMC officer said that the residents were issued notices while the nullah was being covered that blocking the flow of water was illegal, but they had gone ahead with the work. According to the officer, the civic team removed fifty seven concrete pipes from the nullah passage. "We have informed the ward officer concerned about the task we completed," the officer said.
When asked if the civic body would carry out similar drives against encroachments on nullahs, Kesarkar said the municipal commissioner Harshdeep Kamble would take a final decision on the matter. However, she said the AMC would aggressively implement the anti-encroachment drive.
Apart from clearing the nullah passage, the AMC team also removed an illegal barbed wire fencing at Ajab Nagar. Public land in the area had been encroached on, the AMC officer said.
Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Aurangabad-Municipal-Corporation-team-clears-blocked-nullah-in-Garkheda/articleshow/20389109.cms
An administrative officer in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, Priyanka Kesarkar, said residents had blocked the passage of the natural nullah situtated near Shahanoormiya Dargaha, by installing concrete pipes, measuring four feet in diameter, inside it. As a result, the fifteen foot wide nullah passage was reduced to a mere four feet.
On Saturday, when the AMC team when to the spot with two bulldozers, residents in the area tried to justify their actions They said the water flowing through the nullah would give out a foul smell. But the AMC team managed to convince them that narrowing the nullah would lead to water logging during the monsoon, said Kesarkar.
Another AMC officer said that the residents were issued notices while the nullah was being covered that blocking the flow of water was illegal, but they had gone ahead with the work. According to the officer, the civic team removed fifty seven concrete pipes from the nullah passage. "We have informed the ward officer concerned about the task we completed," the officer said.
When asked if the civic body would carry out similar drives against encroachments on nullahs, Kesarkar said the municipal commissioner Harshdeep Kamble would take a final decision on the matter. However, she said the AMC would aggressively implement the anti-encroachment drive.
Apart from clearing the nullah passage, the AMC team also removed an illegal barbed wire fencing at Ajab Nagar. Public land in the area had been encroached on, the AMC officer said.
Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Aurangabad-Municipal-Corporation-team-clears-blocked-nullah-in-Garkheda/articleshow/20389109.cms