chennai vehicles parked on the side have encroached upon the lakeview road in nesapakkam three mechanic shops on the 05km road have parked 25 bikes on the sides car dealers too have encroached the road with their for sale cars the side part of lakeview road has been encroached upon since it was built 10 years ago recalled n b babu a resident activist from the areawe were fined 500 about six months ago for parking the bikes on the road we have kept them for repairs said a mechanic from mani ryders a mechanic workshop the owner of om sakthi automobiles another mechanic shop on the road said if the other two shops remove their vehicles i will remove minemultiple complaints over the years to remove the encroachments went in vain even if police remove a few vehicles they come back again traffic police on patrol too do not pay much attention to removing the illegally parked vehicles said activistswe keep removing vehicle encroachments with traffic police taking the lead said t saravanabavanantham gcc superintending engineer of bus route roads and quality controleven if police remove the vehicles they come back to find a permanent solution gcc has to cancel the licence of the mechanic shops if they repeat the offence said s lalitha a nesapakkam resident also constructing an elevated footpath with paver blocks will discourage these shops from encroaching the roads she addedonce the civic body notifies us we will take action and clear the encroachments said assistant commissioner of traffic police t nagar raja suruliraj