The City Corporation is set to act tough against all unauthorised wayside vendors and bunks functioning in the city. The decision to evacuate them all was taken during a council meeting held here on Monday.

The move will also affect the people who earn a living by writing petitions for applicants outside the Corporation office. The decision was arrived at during a discussion on a resolution considering the appeal submitted by a senior manager of Milma regarding availing licence for the Milma bunks functioning along Statue-General Hospital Road, at Devaswom Board Junction, and near the post office in South Fort. As per the order of the Kerala High Court, no business shall be allowed on footpaths or roadsides.

 Regarding the illegal constructions in the city, the Corporation will form an assessment team of officers to check the issue. It has been observed that the number of such buildings has been on the rise in the Vizhinjam zone.

 The council also approved to take further steps to start the construction of a leachate treatment plant at the now closed Vilappilsala centralised garbage treatment plant. It also expressed hope over the support of the State Government and a court order to start construction in the near future. So far, a fund of Rs 11.52 crore from JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) has been spent for the plant. The resolution was placed in the council anticipating that the Union Government would ask to return the money allocated unless the work commences. As much as 98 per cent of the equipment for the leachate treatment plant has already been transported to the site at Vilappilsala.