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- Municipal officials in Gudiyatham demolished around 120 encroachments, mostly houses and petty shops, along Anna Salai to restore the road's original 40-foot width, which had shrunk to 20 feet.
- The drive, carried out on a Madras High Court order in a public interest litigation, aims to improve access to the Government Taluk Hospital, ease ambulance and pedestrian movement, and restore a water channel that had been blocked, causing monsoon waterlogging.
- Notices were served to occupants as per the court order, and affected families have been identified to receive alternate land of three cents each.
What to watch next
- Installation of promised safety measures such as blinkers, reflectors, steel railings and speed breakers in the coming weeks.
- Provision of alternate land to the affected families identified by officials.
- Whether the restored water channel eases waterlogging during the next monsoon.
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Named India · Anna Salai · Government Taluk Hospital · Gudiyatham · Gudiyatham municipality · Madras High Court · S. Dhanalakshmi · T. Sudar
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