October 22, 2013 by Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta 2 Comments

Scenes of the demolition at Yakoyo ...on Monday. | credits: Goke Famadewa and Samson Folarin.

Reactions have continued to trail Mondays demolition of over 100 houses and the displacement of hundreds of residents of Ojodu/Alagbole, Yakoyo and Ijoko in Ifo Local Government by the Ogun State Government to pave the way for the ongoing road expansion projects in the communities.

On Tuesday in Abeokuta, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and a former Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Sina Kawonise, disagreed with the ruling All Progressives Congress over the demolition exercise. While the PDP, LP and Kawonise condemned the demolition exercise, the APC argued that it was being done for the sake of developing the state in the interest of all the citizens.

The APC also argued that compensation was already being worked out for genuine property owners in the affected areas. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Waliu Oladipo, said the action of the APC-led government came to the opposition party as a shock. He said, This government is unconscionable. And like we have been saying our people were literally tricked into buying wares in the dark. How can a government whose primary responsibility should be the welfare of the people be inflicting untold hardship on them without any care? This is simply wicked and totally uncalled for.

The LP state Secretary, Sunday Oginni, said the Amosun administrations penchant for stealing had pushed it into destroying peoples property in order to make claims for the compensations it would never pay.

In the same vein, Kawonise said a situation, where the state government would always put tears on the faces of the people of the state in the name of executing development projects was not acceptable.

But the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sola Lawal accused the opposition parties and Kawonise of making self-serving criticisms of the Amosun administrations programmes.

Lawal stressed that the Amosun government was only making efforts to carry out the imperative transformation which the previous administration shied away from.

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Scenes of the demolition at Yakoyo ...on Monday. | credits: Goke Famadewa and Samson Folarin.

Reactions have continued to trail Mondays reported demolition of over 100 houses and the displacement of hundreds of residents of Ojodu/Alagbole, Yakoyo and Ijoko by the Ogun State Government to pave the way for the state ongoing road expansion projects.

On Tuesday in Abeokuta, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party disagreed with the ruling All Progressives Congress over the exercise.

While the PDP and LP condemned the exercise, the APC argued that it was being done for the sake of developing the state in the interest of all the citizens. The APC also argued that compensation was already being worked out for genuine property owners in the affected areas.

According to the opposition parties, the exercise lacked a human face because aside from its failure to give the affected residents adequate notice to quit, the state government did not put in place a resettlement plan before pulling down the houses and displacing the people of the areas.

The Publicity Secretary of the state chapter of the PDP, Mr. Waliu Oladipo, said the action of the APC-led government came to the opposition party as a shock.

The PDP wondered why the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration, which it alleged had been unable to complete the road expansion projects it had embarked upon in some other parts of the state, would go ahead in carrying out further demolition of buildings for the same purpose.

Similarly, the LP in the state described the demolition of structures in the Ijoko and Akute areas of the state by the government as a deliberate infringement on the rights of the people under the pretext of carrying out urban development.

The party State Secretary, Sunday Oginni, said the Amosun administrations penchant for stealing had pushed it into destroying peoples property in order to make claims for the compensations it would never pay.

But the APC State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sola Lawal, accused the opposition parties of making self-serving criticisms of the Amosun administrations programmes.

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One of the dismantled graves where a corpse was exhumed at Ijoko | credits: Samson Folarin

Many graves have been reportedly dismantled and their corpses exhumed in Ijoko, Ifo Local Government, Ogun State, in the ongoing demolition exercise of the state government.

Residents told PUNCH Metro that the number was expected to rise as the state continued to take down houses in its road expansion project.

PUNCH Metro had, on Tuesday, reported the demolition of several buildings and structures along the Yakoyo/Alagbole road and the Ijoko/Sango areas by the Ogun State Government. The demolition was said to be have been carried out in preparation for the expansion of the said roads.

Our correspondent gathered that while some of the corpses had been interred for as long as 30 years, a few were said to have been in the graves for about eight years or less.

PUNCH Metro counted three of such exhumed graves when our correspondent visited Ijoko.

The families of the deceased were said to have taken the exhumed corpses to unknown destinations.

A commercial motorcyclist, who identified himself as Ahmed Samora, said he was paid to lift the corpses of a couple from their grave.

He said, I was called to bring out the corpses. They were still fresh and they were husband and wife. The two were buried within an orthodox church that was affected by the demolition exercise. I saw their family members take them to the family house.

He said there were so many corpses within the area because it was the habit of residents to bury their dead in their compound.

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NEWTOWN, Conn. (WTNH)-- Demolition of the Sandy Hook Elementary school is scheduled to begin this Friday. As asbestos is removed, each wing of the nearly 60 year old building will come down.

Ellington based Bestech, a company that specializes in removing asbestos, is ready to start tearing down part of the school on Friday and through the weekend. A process that is expected to take five to six weeks. Fulltime security at the gated entrance insures that no curiosity seekers or media can get to the site.

The only reminder of what happened there are the twenty-six gleaming stars on the roof of the firehouse at the entrance to the school driveway.

According to the schedule for demolition, the section of the school where the shootings occurred will likely come down during the first two weeks of November with complete demolition expected by Thanksgiving. Aluminum and other metal parts of the building will be tracked by manifest to a smelter. All other parts will be ground up at the site.

"It might become part of the base for the new road or the foundation, or you know, the contractors will make the decision how best to use those materials, but they will not leave the site," said First Selectman, Pat Llodra/(R) Newtown.

First Selectwoman Pat Llodra says it's the only way to protect the families.

"It's the constant hurt that those families feel that...that site, which is such a tragedy for their families..would end up being iconic for some other family or some other person whose not of...you know..who might not have kindness in mind," said Llodra.

The plan is to have the school completely disappear by the first anniversary of the shootings the town is not planning any observance on December 14th, but is preparing for the media coverage starting this week.

"We're all struggling and working really hard I think to regain our footing and I think we'll emerge very strong. I have confidence in our community, but the daily pain of seeing this played out in the newspaper and all forms of media," said Llodra.

But Llodra knows that much more media coverage can only be expected as the demolition moves forward a police report is released sometime in the next few weeks and the anniversary.

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BELLEVILLE A city plan to provide $250,000 for demolition costs related to construction of a new home for seniors survived a vote of the Belleville City Council Monday night, over the vocal objections of several aldermen.

In a 10-6 vote, the council agreed to reimburse St. Pauls Home for the demolition of its existing facility at 1021 West E Street, following the opening of a new, $30 million one in 2015 on the same site. The city will reimburse St. Pauls Home with funds from a tax increment financing district.

While the plan was strongly supported by Mayor Mark Eckert and the majority of the council, opposition came from several aldermen who said the expenditure would set a precedent of assisting non-profit organizations that would not contribute future tax revenues to the city.

In a lengthy prepared statement, Alderman Kent Randle asked, What happens when TIF goes away and our streets and other infrastructure have sat on hold while we fund nonprofits? Who will be next in line, will it be our churches? The Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois? The Salvation Army?

Eckert argued in favor of the plan, saying St. Pauls Home deserved the citys support for its courageous mission of serving the elderly and continuing to be part of a neighborhood that has changed drastically over the years. He also said the city had previously assisted projects pursued by other nonprofits, including the YMCAs construction of a major new facility in downtown Belleville. Other aldermen also voiced support for the St. Pauls Home expenditure.

In a separate action taken without any debate, the council unanimously approved a plan to pay for demolition costs of up to $175,000 as part of a plan for the development of The Cottages at Cathedral Square, another residential project geared to the senior market. That project, however, is a for-profit venture not exempt from property or sales taxes.

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The Concord Historical Commission (CHC) takes seriously its charge of identifying and protecting Concords historic resources and has spent the last four years studying how Concord can better protect its architectural heritage.

The Commission has become increasingly concerned with the impact of demolition on this heritage, and is planning to put forward a revised Demolition Delay Bylaw for the 2014 Annual Town Meeting which members believe will address this problem. Many surrounding communities have adopted more comprehensive Demolition Delay Bylaws, and the revisions now proposed for the Concord Bylaw are intended to provide the same protections which other communities are giving to their important cultural resources.

The proposed revisions to the Bylaw will allow the CHC to determine if a proposed demolition will impact an historically significant structure and if so, provides a period of time where the demolition can be delayed so that alternatives to demolition can be explored or the historic structure documented. One of the proposed changes to the current bylaw will require any structure proposed for demolition that is older than 75 years to be subject to review to determine whether the structure is historically significant. It also changes the period of delay from the present six months to one year in cases where the structure is determined to be historically significant. General household maintenance such as painting, replacing gutters, altering doors or windows, etc., will not be affected by these proposed changes.

The CHC has scheduled two public hearings in the next few weeks to discuss the proposed changes and answer any questions on its potential effects. The first public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 23, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Public Hearing Room of the Town House, 22 Monument Square, and the second public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Harvey Wheeler Community Center Auditorium, 1276 Main St., West Concord.

CCTV will also be taping the Town House public hearing for rebroadcast the week of Oct. 28. A copy of the revised Draft Demolition Delay Bylaw is available online at http://www.concordma.gov/Pages/ConcordMA_HistComm/index and copies may also be picked up in the Planning Division Offices at 141 Keyes Road.

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Oct. 21, 2013, 9:30 p.m.

Ballarat City Council staff support the demolition of some former Ballarat orphanage buildings but want another six protected.

Former Ballarat Childrens Home residents are expected to make submissions in the chamber when a planning application to demolish former orphanage buildings is considered by the council tomorrow.

The Victoria Street premises was sold to a developer in 2011 for a residential subdivision with a medical centre and shopping complex.

Some elements would be kept under the developers plan, including the former toddlers block, some mature elm trees, the Stawell Street wall, the front memorial garden, a shade structure, several magnolia trees and the memorial Ludbrook seat.

But a report by council officers suggests another six structures earmarked for demolition should be protected, including the former school house, Floyd Sloyd room store and superintendents residence.

There may be some merit in considering some buildings for heritage protection, officers said. The level of community concern expressed in response to the application serves only to increase this level of doubt.

Last week, former orphanage resident Deborah Findlay said former residents would deliver submissions in favour of protecting the remaining buildings at tomorrows meeting and she hoped the wider community would take an interest too.

Im pretty sure every citizen in Ballarat would know someone who grew up in the Ballarat orphanage, she said.

The council has also received a separate application to rezone the site from special use (private education) to a mixture of business, mixed use zone and residential, as well as to apply an individual heritage overlay over parts of it.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- The demolition of a building with the mural 'I Love Jalan Sultan' is not connected to the MRT project, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) said in a statement today.

MRT Corp Strategic Communications and Public Relations Director, Amir Mahmood Razak said the building at No 49, Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur and the car park area next to it were private property.

"All activities carried out on the properties such as the demolition of the building, erection of hoardings and closure of the car park is being carried out by the property owner," he said.

Amir added that while MRT Corp had signed a mutual agreement with the owners to allow the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang line tunnel to be build beneath their property, the development taking place now was entirely by the owners.

"The hoardings enclosing that site were different from those used for the MRT project, as all MRT project hoardings had MRT Corp's logo and the hotline number.

"The MRT project does not require the demolition of any privately-owned buildings along Jalan Sultan," he said.

This is in accordance to the undertaking given by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in March this year that there would not be any demolition of old buildings nor acquisition of properties whose owners agreed to co-exist with the MRT project.

-- BERNAMA

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