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Coimbatore: With demolition of seven temples encroaching along the eastern bund of Muthannankulam tank at Kumarasamy Nagar here on Tuesday, the city corporation completed the drive to remove the encroachments along the bund. The corporation has been carrying out the drive to pave the path for the implementation of the lake rejuvenation and restoration project at the lake. So far, the corporation has demolished over 2,400 houses that were constructed encroaching the bund, according to a corporation official. The corporation is executing the project near Selvampathy and Kumarasamy lakes at a cost of Rs 31.25 crore. The official said, “The total area of the lake is 90 acres and of which, 15 acres had been encroached. We have removed all the encroachments and recovered the land. On Tuesday, we have demolished seven temples that were located at the bund. While six idols were given to the public after they assured to take care of them, we have kept another idol at the corporation office.”