The Highways Department has taken up removal of encroachments at Palavakkam on the East Coast Road as part of the road-widening work between Thiruvanmiyur and Akkarai.
The State government recently issued the administrative sanction for ₹17.43-crore work which is expected to be completed in a couple of months. It has also sanctioned ₹15.43 crore for another scheme at Kottivakkam.
"There are three kinds of land that are being acquired for the project. One set is patta lands, which are under acquisition and for which a 12-step process is involved. At present, the Revenue Department is doing the valuation for these lands. Then we have government poromboke lands and in the case of Palavakkam there are grama natham lands that have been given under a government patta scheme. We are looking to compensate these people too. Then, there are encroachments on highways land which are being removed," said a source in the Highways Department.
