RATEPAYERS in one part of Manggatal have been taken to task for illegally occupying the common area outside their compounds as their belongings are making it difficult for the local authorities to cut the grass and clean the drains on these reserves.
City Hall has removed the greenery which was privately planted on the common land around four neighbourhoods as the rate-payers who did this were failing to tend to their property.
A spokesman for the agency’s Landscaping Department said several drain reserves in these housing areas had earlier been found to be unkempt
City Hall has cleared the drain reserve between two Kolombong neighbourhoods and chopped down the greenery planted by some homeowners as this area had become unkempt