UCDA demolishes illegal structures in Umuahia
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About 50 unapproved structures, comprising of shops, shanties, containers and projections have been demolished by the Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA, in the Abia State capital.
The demolitions were carried out on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at the ShopRite area by railway line and around Post Office Junction by Bende Road Tower.
The demolition is coming about two months after the UCDA announced its determination to remove all illegal structures defacing the beauty of Umuahia, the state capital.
DAILY POST gathered that the demolition exercise was approved by the Abia State government and aimed at sanitizing the city of unapproved structures.
Among the structures affected were car wash, Tticycle parts shops, canteen, mechanic work shop, boutique, among others.
A visit to the scenes of the demolition on Tuesday evening showed that structures at Railway line had been levelled down, even though most of the traders occupying the shops were able to salvage their goods before the structures were crushed by the UCDA machines.
Some other traders were also seen discussing their fate in hushed tones.
It could be recalled that the General Manager of Umuahia Capital Development Authority, UCDA Kingsley Agomoh had two months ago said that the grace period given to owners and occupiers of unapproved structures by his agency had expired.
