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The civic body has also informed that proposals have been mooted to widen Heber road and Convent road. “We have removed encroachments by 22 shops thus far including on Convent road and Old post office road near Heber road to facilitate smooth vehicular traffic. By widening Heber road, residents opined that public transportation could be introduced through the road and Palakkarai between central and Chathiram bus stands.Periodical eviction drives were also sought in Thennur and Vayalur road localities. Heber road should be widened at the earliest to prevent encroachments from returning,” V B Jeganath, member, Trichy Intra-City Development Endeavours (TIDES), said.Official sources said that encroachments were mostly roofed shelters and extensions of shops occupying a portion of motorable space. Trichy: Waking up to the continuing woes of the local people in accessing city roads that were actually wider but had shrunk due to rampant encroachment, Trichy corporation on Tuesday removed permanent and temporary encroachments from Heber road in Bhima Nagar..