Help sought to stall parking on Mogappair East road

As per the case, the petitioner sought directions to remove the encroachments in all the three exit streets, three interior streets and on the Corporation pre-nursery school playground at TNHB Block 11, Kannadasan Salai and ensure that the 16-feet width street be used for public commuting purpose, enabling ambulances, fire vehicles to enter the street if necessity arises.

The first bench comprising Chief Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice M Duraiswamy before whom the plea came up for hearing, noted that the petitioner’s counsel admitted that all the encroachments have been removed.

However, he submitted that as far as the 16-feet width street is concerned, parking is allowed on both sides of the street, due to which emergency ambulances, fire vehicles cannot enter the said street and that his prayer merely confines to parking of vehicles on either side of the said street, the bench said.

Based on this, the first bench on recording the government pleader’s submission that he will take instructions whether some suitable arrangement can be made whereby it is possible for emergency, fire vehicles etc to enter into the said 16-feet width street at all time, adjourned the caseto January 28.