Archive · 6 Sep 2026
RMC Chief Orders Citywide Drive to Remove Encroachments
Rajamahendravaram officials will conduct a special drive to remove things built or placed illegally on public spaces.
The order was given by Municipal Commissioner Rahul Meena.
The drive is supposed to finish by the end of September.
Officials will remove structures, sheds, and containers from roads, footpaths, and drains.
They will first issue legal notices to people who break the rules.
They will photograph places before and after the work.
Officials will also keep special road lanes open near important traffic junctions.
Hospitals must use underground parking instead of blocking public roads.
Festival organisers must use sandbags so their pandals do not damage roads.
RMC Commissioner Rahul Meena ordered a joint drive to clear encroachments across Rajamahendravaram by the end of September.
Town planning and public health officials will target illegal structures, sheds, and containers on roads, footpaths, and drains.
Officials must issue legal notices, take before-and-after photographs, and keep free-left channels open at key junctions.
Hospitals were told to enforce underground cellar parking and prevent vehicles or ramps from blocking public roads.
The Commissioner also ordered action against unauthorised flex banners and asked Vinayaka Chavithi organisers to use sandbags for pandals.
- Who
- Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation Commissioner Rahul Meena, along with town planning and public health officials.
- What
- A joint special drive to remove encroachments and address other obstructions in public spaces.
- When
- The order was issued on Saturday, with the drive to be completed by the end of September.
- Where
- Across Rajamahendravaram, including roads, footpaths, drains, and key traffic junctions.
- Why
- To improve public safety, maintain traffic flow, and support smooth urban development.
- Authority
- Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation
- Commissioner
- Rahul Meena
- Deadline
- End of September
- Departments involved
- Town planning and public health
- Targeted obstructions
- Illegal structures, sheds, containers, vehicles, building ramps, and unauthorised flex banners
- Traffic measure
- Maintain free-left channels at key junctions
- Festival instruction
- Vinayaka Chavithi pandal organisers must use sandbags instead of damaging roads