Coimbatore: With the demolition of seven quales that spread along the Bund Timur Muthannankulam tank at Kumarasamy Nagar here on Tuesday, City Corporation finished the drive to eliminate encroachment along the bund.
The corporation has traveled to open the way for the implementation of rejuvenation and restoration projects on the lake.
So far, the corporation has destroyed more than 2,400 houses built to reach the bund, according to corporate officials.
The corporation is executing the project near the Selvampati and Kumarasamy lake at a cost of Rs 31.25 Crore.
The official said, “The total area of ​​the lake is 90 hectares and which, 15 hectares have been interrupted.
We have erased all encroachment and restoring land.
On Tuesday, we have destroyed seven temples located in Bund.
While six idols are given to the public after they Make sure to take care of them, we have maintained another idol in the corporate office.
“To start the project on the lake, the corporation has begun to destroy empty houses in June after allocating alternative accommodation to encroachment in the Tamil Nadu cleaning board housing unit in Malumichampatti, KOVAI Pudur and Keeranatham.
When they destroyed more than 1,500 illegal structures, residents had approached the Supreme Court looking for directions to stop the eviction of drives.
However, judgment has supported the corporation.
Shortly after, the civil body has eliminated other illegal structures.
Meanwhile, Hindu Munnani members protested at the start of the day that day demanded a corporation to provide an alternative place to worship idols.
The police have arrested around 240 members to continue their work.
C Dhanapal, Public Relations Clothing official, said while the clothes have demanded the company to provide alternative sites to worship idols and corporations, who have talked to us, began to destroy the temple at 6 am.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, in a statement, said he had decided to protest at Gandhi Park in the city on Wednesday condemning the corporation to destroy the temples.