Deccan Herald 23.01.2014
MCC clears 31 illegal shops
Mysore City Corporation (MCC) officials, on
Wednesday, cleared 31 unauthorised shops in the vicinity of the office
of regional transport office (RTO, East) on Dr Rajkumar road, in Shakti
Nagar, on the outskirts of the city.
This follows a
complaint by the residents of the locality to the office of Lokayukta,
alleging that the petty shops that had mushroomed after the said office
was opened two years ago, had turned into a bane. Most of the shops were
catering to the public visiting the RTO with stationery materials and
food items.
Earlier, MCC officials had served notices on such
shopkeepers, asking them to vacate. On Monday (January 20) too, a final
notice was served, after which some of the shopkepers vacated on their
own volition, with 31 shops still remaining. Mobile shop vendors were
spared as they move away with their push carts after the day’s business.
On Wednesday morning, around 8 am, earth moving machines of the MCC and
gangmen were pressed into service to complete the clearance drive
without any confusion.
