trichy almost a year after a laser light and sound show system was installed at rockforts teppakulam tank commissioning of the 8crore edutainment project is set to be delayed further this was because the encroachments around the tank bunds hinder the visibility of the proposed show which will narrate the citys history the local body will launch the facility only after clearing the hundreds of encroachments which is unlikely anytime soonproposed in 2019 as a component of the heritage tourism development project under smart cities mission the teppakulam tank sprawling over 5 acres was fitted with laser lights and a floating control panel room in august last year a test run was conducted and pending minor civil works were completed in subsequent weeks but the laser show is yet to see the light of daytrichy corporation said that visitors will be given the option to see the show and listen to the audio from ghats abutting vanapattarai street since it will be projected from the middle of the tank the event can also be viewed by onlookers around the tank bunds thus widening the reach of the programme however the civic body claimed after an assessment that encroachments adjacent to the fences on all four sides of the tank will make the laser show ineffective let alone commissioning of the laser light show trichy corporation and police must evict the encroachments around teppakulam to safeguard the historical tank from persistent pollution n ramakrishnan founding secretary mgr nalpani mandram said fishes in hundreds have died in the tank due to plastic pollution while eviction of the encroachments is inevitable to safeguard the tank and commission the laser show trichy corporation is dragging its feet on it