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COIMBATORE: The struggle of residents of VNR Nagar in Vadavalli to retrieve the open space reservation (OSR) land in the layout is 25 years old. Even after getting a high court direction in their favour in 2015, the residents are yet to enjoy the benefits of the land.
As nine out of 12 OSR sites are still encroached, the residents want the city corporation to initiate action against the encroachers.
“Following the HC order that OSR sites should be used only for the approved purpose,s the city corporation demolished two houses constructed in a land and fenced the area. The civic body also issued eviction notices to the encroachers and inspected the site several times. But the corporation officials took no steps to evict the encroachers. It is contempt of court and we had issued a notice regarding it to the corporation and the district administration early this year,” said Joseph Antonyraj, president of VNR Nagar Residents Association. “If the corporation fails to take any ac