Corporation Locks and Seals Buildings in Chennai
The corporation officials in Chennai are inspecting across the city sealing illegal buildings. In the last two days, the Kodambakkam zone of the corporation sealed nearly four upcoming buildings in T Nagar and Arcot Road. The Basin Bridge zone officials locked up 7 buildings in North Chennai.
The corporation officials on Saturday, along with police carried out the sealing in T Nagar. The builders had not only stacked up more floors than allowed by the building regulatory body but also failed to set aside the mandatory breathing space around the edifice. They did not even allot parking space, and some even changed the use of building for commercial gains.
The buildings that were sealed in T Nagar are on Thyagaraya Road, Venkatnarayana Road and Dhandapani Street. A building on Arcot Road was sealed on Thursday because the builder who got permit for a cottage house built a lodging house.
“Initially, notices were issued to stop the work and restore them to the sanctioned plans. Then we sent another set of notices, threatening lock and seal. They had a month’s time to straighten things. When nothing worked, we sealed it,” a corporation official said. These builders didn’t give a hoot for parking space rules, the official said. One of the officials added saying, “There are many such buildings in T Nagar that have violated norms. There are in the queue, will get them soon”.
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