Municipal Corporation Of Kakinada — demolition of ramps over the drain canals by unknown authority

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East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh

Respected sir/ madam,
Kakinada is a smart city located on the eastern coast of andhra pradesh. This city is merely a few meters above the sea level and is prone to flooding during rainy seasons and frequent cyclones. Here the residencies are constructed with a slight elevation above the ground level to avoid flood water entering the ground or stilt floor. City doesn’t have an under ground drainage system and the waste water is drained by surface drain canal system along the boundary walls of the residences which are constructed by the local municipal authorities. Residents are not provided with paved passages to cross the surface drain canals instead they build their own means of pavements to pass over the drain canals and to take their vehicles in and out of the buildings.
We live in a residential apartment which is built on a raised elevation with stilt floor comprising of parking lot and a watch man quarter. Our apartment houses 18 families along with a watch man’s family and all are having a two wheeler or a car. Our apartment is having multiple entrances on the boundary wall with gates for easy access of residents and their vehicles aided by paved passages (Ramps) built for all entrances.
Recently the passage ramps were demolished by municipal authorities without any notice or warning saying these are unauthorized constructions. We, the residents would like to reiterate that ramps are constructed by every house/ commercial property owner with their own money only for convenience and no one would like to invest if such amenity is provided by government/ municipality. Now the residents are facing inconvenience to go out of these gates and to take out their vehicles from the parking lot and forced to leave their vehicles on the road side. These ramps which were demolished by the authorities exists on west side of the building and on a dead end road having only few residencies where no traffic is involved.
We, the residents, request the authorities to kindly look into the matter and do the needful at the earliest to resolve this problem and request an appropriate compensation to rebuild the demolished ramps. Rebuilding of these demolished ramps (Total of 5 ramps) is estimated at rs. 250000/-, and we request you to do the needful in getting this compensation from the concerned departments/ authorities.
Thank you,
Yours faithfully,
The residents of dokka sricharan residency,
H. No. 64-3-1/1/2,
Pratap nagar,
Kakinada 533004,
East godavari district,
Andhra pradesh.