Coimbatore Corporation officials on Friday demolished a portion of the compound wall that was constructed encompassing a taxi stand near the Ukkadam Big Tank.
According to the sources, the Corporation was forced to remove the compound wall and provide a pathway after vehicle owners who used the stand threatened to stage a protest if the Corporation did not remove it.
The drivers’ grouse was that despite requesting the civic body that it was a question of their livelihood, the civic body went ahead to fence the area.
To urge the Corporation to undo the damage, the drivers, led by CITU district president C. Padmanabhan, Road Transport Union State General Secretary S. Moorthy, Auto Rickshaw Drivers’ Union leader P.K. Sugumar and others, had planned to stage a protest.
The sources said that the Corporation officials inspected the site, agreed to have the compound wall removed and also cleared the pathway for easy entry and exit of vehicles.
The Coimbatore Corporation had been engaged in improving the eastern bund of the Ukkadam Big Tank to throw it open for light motor vehicle traffic.
