VMC to acquire five more areas

VADODARA, June 7: Five areas of the city falling under the roadline are still to be acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, Deputy Municipal Commissioner Administration H S Patel said here on Saturday.

He was addressing reporters, after the Vadodara Municipal Corporation VMC demolished 121 pakka houses and shops under the roadline near the Railway Station. Patel said the task could be accomplished because of the joint efforts of Municipal Commissioner G R Aloria, District Collector Anil Mukim and Police Commissioner Kuldip Sharma. But for the police escort, the VMC would not have succeeded in carrying out the operation, he maintained.

Patel stated that the Ahmedabadi Pole-Raopura Road and area near the Pratapnagar underbridge were among the five areas falling under the roadline. He said the land would be acquired soon, but refused to give the time frame.