The Times of India              20.12.2013 

LMC reviews Aminabad market after anti-encroachment drive

LUCKNOW: Three days after the aggressive drive to evict vendors from narrow lanes of Aminabad, Nagar Nigam did a follow up on the ground situation in the market on Thursday.

It also measured the extended shop areas of some owners who had sought a day's time to remove the encroached part themselves. Officials said few shopkeepers had encroached upon Salmon and Hanuman Mandir Road while the shopkeepers disagreed with the measurement of Nagar Nigam, claiming that they had been allotted the area long back.

On the day of the drive, LMC received a dozen applications requesting a day's time to remove the encroached part. Officials visited the market on Thursday to review the situation. Additional municipal commissioner Vishal Bharadwaj said, "Our prime focus is to keep Aminabad free of encroachment and we would continuously help the police keep the roads free of vendors and verandahs free of encroachment by shops."

After Aminabad, LMC's next target would be to clear Nazirabad Road from encroachments. Following high court's orders, the anti-encroachment wing of LMC on Dec 16 took a bold step by clearing hundreds of street vendors and demolishing illegal constructions of various shopkeepers encroaching upon verandahs of the market.

It had removed about 250 street vendors and had demolished encroached areas of 50 permanent shops in Aminabad.