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A woman in the locality said owners of these illegal houses lived elsewhere.Environmentalists said illegal construction had been rampant on the shore at Srinivasapuram. The official said in the past 25 years, nearly 2,500 illegal structures have come up in and around the tenements. “Already the department has cleared thousands of such illegal structures that have been constructed on the banks of different water bodies in and around the city. A senior engineer from PWD said the agency had received complaints about construction of illegal structures in Srinivasapuram. But the remaining part of the land, where the houses have come up, is under Greater Chennai Corporation ..