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The Lagos State Government on Tuesday demolished hotels, plazas and other structures under high-tension wires at Isheri in the Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area.
Speaking during the exercise, which commenced at 10am, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Anifowoshe Abiola, said the buildings were demolished after the ultimatum issued in the notices served upon owners and occupiers of the structures expired.
He said the exercise, which was a joint operation by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Lagos State Building Control Agency, and the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, would be carried out across the state, as all structures under high-tension lines must be removed.
Abiola said, “This is another effort to maintain a sustainable, organised and friendly environment. The government wants to establish zero tolerance for all structures built under high-tension wires across the state.
“Having residential buildings or conducting businesses under high- tension power lines constitutes a danger to lives and property. The government will henceforth enforce applicable laws by removing all developments and activities encroaching on the right of way of utilities and services.”
The acting General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, Oladotun Lasoju, said, “The Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law, 2010, not only prohibits building under overhead electricity wires, it also specifies the distance to be observed between a property and a public utility such as the high-tension cables.”
Mr.Taofik Aribidesi, who represented the task force at the demolition, said the unit would assist ministries and agencies to remove all developments and activities encroaching on the right of way of utilities and services in the state.
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