The Hindu 15.12.2011
40 petty shops cleared in HDMC drive
Forty petty shops on the recently-constructed pavements
on Gokul Road were cleared by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation on
Wednesday.
The stretch between Hosur Circle to
airport was covered during the drive, which was led by HDMC zonal
officers V.M. Hiremath, Galemmanavar and S.M. Ganachari.
Zonal
officer V.M. Hiremath said that although the corporation had instructed
the shopkeepers and vendors to remove the encroachments on several
occasions, they had not responded.
He said that final
warning was given on Tuesday, and those who failed to clear the
encroachments on their own had their shops razed. Some of the vendors
and petty shop owners have demanded that the authorities specify hawking
zones for them.