Encroachment drive at Maduravoyal

CHENNAI: A team of revenue officials from Tiruvallur district conducted an eviction drive, including clearing of encroachments by a private university at Maduravoyal, on Saturday. The officials razed a few shops and some structures put up by the institution. The police said it was a 2.5-acre lake area in which 45 cents of land was encroached upon by a private university. They allegedly constructed an ATM centre, a temple and a canteen. The rest of the area was encroached upon by shops and 25 houses.