Monday 31 October 2011
T.Nagar Saravana Stores, Chennai Silks and 60 other business centers sealed
CMDA today sealed over 60 leading textile, jewellery showrooms and small shops in the city's commercial capital of T Nagar for violating building norms.
Officials from Chennai corporation and CMDA have sealed 61 business establishments including Saravana Stores,Chennai Silks Kumaran Thanga maligai today.
CMDA sources said they had issued notices to more than 60 shops in the area for unauthorised construction and sealed them this morning. The exercise, which began in the wee hours, continued till 9 am. The otherwise busy Ranganathan Street and Usman Road wore a deserted look as the news spread.
Civic authorities issued notices to these shops asking them to show cause why those buildings constructed without proper permission should not be demolished.
The authorities also pasted notices on the gates of the shops saying that the premises were sealed till further orders. Tension prevailed as owners of some shops and the employees, who turned up for work this morning, tried to break the orders. At a few shops, the authorities ordered the employees who were staying inside to leave and then sealed the premises. The relenting staff were warned that police action would be initiated if they refuse to leave the premises.
A large posse of police personnel were deployed on North Usman Road and in the Ranganathan Street, considered as common's man's shopping paradise, when the Chennai City Corporation authorities and CMDA officials sealed the premises.
Among the shops that were sealed by the authorities included leading textile and jewellery chain Saravana Stores, which runs more than a dozen shops in the locality, Chennai Silks, Rathna Stores, Khadims and Jeyachandran Textiles' chain of stores.
These showrooms earn large profits from a huge volume of sales. Some of the smaller shops, located in the area were also sealed for violating building construction norms.
Officials from Chennai corporation and CMDA have sealed 61 business establishments including Saravana Stores,Chennai Silks Kumaran Thanga maligai today.
CMDA sources said they had issued notices to more than 60 shops in the area for unauthorised construction and sealed them this morning. The exercise, which began in the wee hours, continued till 9 am. The otherwise busy Ranganathan Street and Usman Road wore a deserted look as the news spread.
Civic authorities issued notices to these shops asking them to show cause why those buildings constructed without proper permission should not be demolished.
The authorities also pasted notices on the gates of the shops saying that the premises were sealed till further orders. Tension prevailed as owners of some shops and the employees, who turned up for work this morning, tried to break the orders. At a few shops, the authorities ordered the employees who were staying inside to leave and then sealed the premises. The relenting staff were warned that police action would be initiated if they refuse to leave the premises.
A large posse of police personnel were deployed on North Usman Road and in the Ranganathan Street, considered as common's man's shopping paradise, when the Chennai City Corporation authorities and CMDA officials sealed the premises.
Among the shops that were sealed by the authorities included leading textile and jewellery chain Saravana Stores, which runs more than a dozen shops in the locality, Chennai Silks, Rathna Stores, Khadims and Jeyachandran Textiles' chain of stores.
These showrooms earn large profits from a huge volume of sales. Some of the smaller shops, located in the area were also sealed for violating building construction norms.
