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Evicted encroachers stage road roko

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, JUNE 15. Traffic along the arterial Velachery-Tambaram Road was disrupted for nearly an hour on Friday when a group of persons staged a flash road roko near Gowrivakkam protesting their eviction from the Sembakkam lake bed.

Police said about 50 persons including 20 women squatted on the road when the civic authorities attempted to evict them from the Sembakkam lake bed. The men were picked up by the police and later let off on bail. About 25 huts were removed from the lake bed area.

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