The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has informed Gujarat High Court that it has removed 31,336 encroachments from the city in the past two months, thereby freeing up 69,807 square meters of space. Notably, the submission has been made in the bi-monthly action taken report put forth before the court as instructed by the division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice AY Kogje in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Mustak Kadri over the poor condition of roads and traffic in the city.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has informed Gujarat High Court that it has removed 31,336 encroachments from the city in the past two months, thereby freeing up 69,807 square meters of space. Notably, the submission has been made in the bi-monthly action taken report put forth before the court as instructed by the division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice AY Kogje in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Mustak Kadri over the poor condition of roads and traffic in the city.
In the report submitted to the division bench of Justice SR Brahmbhatt and Justice AY Kogje, the civic authorities have claimed that it has also removed encroachments from identified parking space in the city, freeing up 25,146 square meters of space. AMC has also identified 42,968 street vendors across the 48 wards and identity cards have been issued to 14,140 of them. The corporation authorities have also submitted that 52,430 metric tons of materials have been used for road resurfacing and repairing across seven zones under its jurisdiction.
This apart, the civic body has also enumerated steps to take care of stray animals, which had been a big menace for motorists. AMC has submitted that 2,834 stray animals were caught in the past two months and a penalty of Rs 26.74 lakh has been collected from their owners. Also, 130 FIRs have been registered in this regard.
Notably, AMC has registered 21,642 cows in the city and 2,822 animal owners have been also registered. Also, to control the cattle menace, the civic body has increased the capacity of the Cattle Nuisance Control Department. Now, 12 teams are working round-the-clock in two shifts as compared to the three teams, which were earlier entrusted with the job of controlling cattle menace in the city. The civic administration has submitted that it is taking all possible measures to improve the condition of city roads, decongest major thoroughfares, and solve parking issues. In the last bi-monthly report submitted to the court, the civic body had submitted that 103 illegal speed-breakers were identified in a survey by its traffic wing and demolished. Majority of these illegal speed-breakers were found in the new west zone of the corporation.
Also, in order to arrest the illegal parking menace, the civic body had cited that 1,434 ‘No Parking’ signboards were installed by the civic body, with plans to further install 535 additional boards. The corporation authorities had also installed 543 road signages to assist motorists in identifying the nearby public parking facility made available on open plots.
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In last bi-monthly report submitted to HC, AMC had submitted that 103 illegal speed-breakers were identified in a survey by its traffic wing and demolished.
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