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" " " " " " " " ' ".'v" -1"7 i" -"'z_" k GMC demolition drive continues r Action initiated againsl persons who built 18 illegal structures P. SAMUBL JONATHAN GUNlUR The Guntur MuniciPal Cor' poration's demolition drive acainst illegal suucrures ls c;ntinuing. The Town Plan- ning Department has identi' fied 32 cas€s of unauthoris€d constructions and has taken action in 18 cases. Post bi' furcation, hundrcds of unau- tiorised constructions have come up even as civic offl- cials $trt $ming a blind eye jfrl,'rB .'-ats.ry to the irreNlarities. department personneton tn mosi of the cases, the Li.rgto,rCt, cMc fown Ptanning guntur on Thursday violators had deviated from a dem-otitio-n drive in 'T'vuaY^(uMAR the GMC-aPProved ori8iral coming after a protracted plan. The Andhra Pradesh structed makes it atmost im' legal wrangle, meant that Yi' lules 2ol2 state that Dossible for the dePartment Buildlu would not be toler- area in io keep an eve on violations. olations 10% of the built-uP Municipal Commis' should be elen where violations had ated. the approved Plot Nagalakshmi to the clvic body been detected, there had sioner S. mortga8ed in instructed the Town PIan' in Dlots of more than 2oo sq' beer inordiMte detay fil ni[g Department to demol' .meres. It b here that the vi' ing cases against them. ish some unauthorised con- olators conveniendy add uP A stinging High Cout demoli' structions. The violators the llooB in blatant violation iudgment orderlng addi' rushed to elected rcpresent- ofthe rules. iion of unauthorized tional floors built bY a plom' atives and also sought re' Drieve from the GMc, which, Delay ln flling cares inent doctor has come as a Cor- however, continued the The rapid pace at which the shot in the arm for the judgment, drive. new buildings are being con' poration. The RtrGIO|{ Hr'' ! J'-r;'- - 2-< l-t+J APTDG revenue iumps 40o/o in V'wada division > Resorts maintained by APTDC see good demand > APTDC owns 86 cottages in Krishna and Guntur districts .:rfuL-,. F' ;ffi:l MD AMEEN .r.tI Vijayawad,e The Ardhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corpora- tion (APTDC),. Vijayawada divi- sion, revenue jumped by around 40 per cent during the last one year due to increasing rrumbdr of lf, visitors to Bhavani Island aswell as resorts owned and maintained by the A?TDC in Krishna and Guntur districts which are part A* of Vijayawada division. Duringthe finarcial year 2016- lZ the revenue of APTDC, Vi- jayawada division, !,vas Rs lO crore, which is Rs 3 clore mor€ Aview of Bhavani lslond (Right) Andhra Prodesh Tburism Development Corporation boat taking tourists on ajolly trip than Bs 7 crore earned during the previous financial year of 2015- (Dhyana Buddha) in Guntu! dis- the Pushkaralu.Compared to pri- AC rooms are available for Rs- jayawada and Guntur as the num- in Krishna fuver to meet the de- 16. The APTDC maintains 86 cot- trict. There was a huge demand vate star hotels, th€ rents at the 2,500 in the resorts maintained ber of visitors to the capital re- mand from the tourists. He said tages and rooms in fourplaces at for resorts at Berm Park in Bha- resorts owned by APTDC are by AITDC and Non-AC rooms gion is increasing in view of the most ofthe boats being operated Surya Lanka beach at Bapatla, vanipuram and Bhavani Island very less within the range of Rs are available around Rs 1,500, growing cities and population in by APTDC in Krishna River in Vi- Berm Park in Bhavanipuram on last year during the Krishna I,70O to Rs 3,400. Three star ho- Vijayawada divisional manager two cities afterbiftrrcation ofthe jayawada are getting older and the banks ofK shna fuver, cot- Pushkaralu in August 2012 Hun- tels are collecting between Rs APTDC VV S Gangaraju said the State. there is need to introduce new tages in Bhavani Island in Kr- dreds ofpilgrims enjoyed the hol- 3,000 and Rs 5,000 in cities like demand for cottage will increase He underlined the need to in- boats to attract more ishna River and at Amaravati idays and visit to the city during Vijayawada andGuntur further in the capital re$on ofVi- crease number of boats u to 20 passengers..