Confident of meeting Oct 8 deadline for removing encroachments, say officials
(WorldNews India)

Coimbatore: As many as 3,145 encroachments in and around the Noyyal River basin will be removed by October 8, an official of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board said. `Nearly 532 encroachments located near Sanganoor canal, one of the major areas where encroachment has blocked the passage of water, were evicted on Friday and Saturday,` he said. `Seventy-two houses built on Sanganoor canal, 62 houses at Anna Nagar in Ondipudur and 50 houses at Auto-driver`s Colony, including those built by government employees, were removed. Another 48 houses need to be evicted. That will be done after the Tamil...