<p>The BBMP's stormwater drain encroachment removal drive continued on Thursday with JCBs razing demarcated buildings across the city.</p>.<p>In Mahadevapura, a single-storey building was demolished at Shantiniketan Layout. Similarly, at Papaiah Reddy Layout, the JCBs brought down portions of a four-storey building that was constructed on a rajakaluve. </p>.<p>"In both the cases, the residents were served notices and evacuated before the demolition. However, at Papaiah Reddy Layout, the four-storey building could not be completely demolished because using the JCB would have caused damage to adjoining buildings," a senior BBMP official said.</p>.<p>Dr Trilok Chandra, BBMP Special Commissioner (Mahadevapura), said the other encroachments in the area will soon be removed. "Between Shantiniketan Layout and Papaiah Reddy Layout, a 500 m stretch of rajakaluve has been encroached upon. I have instructed the officials to remove all of them at the earliest," he said, and directed the officials to reconstruct the rajakaluve as soon as the encroachments are removed.</p>.<p>This apart, encroachment removal also continued at Greenwood Residency on Sarjapur Road where officials removed most of the slabs that occupied the SWD. A bridge constructed over the rajakaluve behind the Marathahalli police station was also removed on Thursday.</p>
<p>The BBMP's stormwater drain encroachment removal drive continued on Thursday with JCBs razing demarcated buildings across the city.</p>.<p>In Mahadevapura, a single-storey building was demolished at Shantiniketan Layout. Similarly, at Papaiah Reddy Layout, the JCBs brought down portions of a four-storey building that was constructed on a rajakaluve. </p>.<p>"In both the cases, the residents were served notices and evacuated before the demolition. However, at Papaiah Reddy Layout, the four-storey building could not be completely demolished because using the JCB would have caused damage to adjoining buildings," a senior BBMP official said.</p>.<p>Dr Trilok Chandra, BBMP Special Commissioner (Mahadevapura), said the other encroachments in the area will soon be removed. "Between Shantiniketan Layout and Papaiah Reddy Layout, a 500 m stretch of rajakaluve has been encroached upon. I have instructed the officials to remove all of them at the earliest," he said, and directed the officials to reconstruct the rajakaluve as soon as the encroachments are removed.</p>.<p>This apart, encroachment removal also continued at Greenwood Residency on Sarjapur Road where officials removed most of the slabs that occupied the SWD. A bridge constructed over the rajakaluve behind the Marathahalli police station was also removed on Thursday.</p>