Coimbatore Corporation gives vacant plot owners 15 days to clean premises

The Coimbatore Corporation has given owners of poorly maintained private vacant plots 15 days to clear garbage, waste and overgrown vegetation from their premises. If they fail to do so, the civic body will undertake the cleaning and recover the cost from the owners as a penalty.

The Corporation said some vacant plots within the city limits were being left unmaintained, resulting in the accumulation of garbage and other waste. Such plots could become a source of foul odour and mosquito breeding, posing a risk of the spread of infections, it said.

Corporation health inspectors will issue notices to owners of vacant plots found in an unhygienic condition. The owners will have to clean the plots at their own expense within 15 days of receiving the notice.