The corporation officials have started evicting the encroachments at West Fort Junction in the city.
Along with the illegal constructions, temporary sheds are also being removed by the authorities.
According to Mayor Rajan Pallan, the families staying on the ‘Puramboke’ land will be rehabilitated to the Corporation’s flats at Mattampuram.
No one protested against the eviction of illegal structures, which started on Tuesday morning. Led by corporation councillor C.S. Sreenivasan, the officials with the support of the police removed the illegal constructions. The encroachments on the Calvary roads were removed initially. Most of them were petty shops.
The corporation officials had given notices to the encroachers in advance. The meeting of elected representatives held on last Saturday had decided to remove all illegal construction at West Fort within three days to widen the junction. The development works at West Fort junction are expected to complete in 100 days.
All major junctions in the city, including East Fort Junction, Punkunnam Junction, Pattalam Road, Naduvilal Junction and West Fort Junction, have been witnessing major development programmes. Encroachments at East Fort Junction, one of the main junctions in the city where many educational institutions, hospitals and Bishop Palaces are located, were removed recently. Shifting of the fish-meat market at the junction was one of the major challenges. In all, 22 shops in the fish and meat market were demolished for the development of the junction.
