Encroachments removed to provide easy access to Government Higher Secondary School in Pernambut

Encroachments, mostly houses and petty shops, were demolished on Iyengar Road in Pernambut near Gudiyatham town in Vellore on Thursday by officials to provide easy access to Government Higher Secondary School located on the stretch.

Officials of Pernambut municipality, which executed the work, said that most of the 60 encroachments on the stretch were built more than a decade ago. These structures are mostly extensions of existing shops and commercial establishments that reduced total road space on the stretch. “Such extension of buildings has affected traffic movement, especially ambulances and other vehicles, on the stretch. The drive was aimed at the safety of pedestrians, especially students and to provide more road space for vehicles,” R. Mohan Kumar, commissioner, Pernambut municipality, told The Hindu.