City mayor M Majid Hussain has ordered dismantling of encroachments and plastic factories from Hassan Nagar and Tata Nagar without heeding any sort of interference, political or otherwise.

At a standing committee meeting here on Thursday, he directed additional commissioner (H&S) L Vandan Kumar to organise a 10-day special drive of debris removal before Bonalu and Ramzan festivals and to produce feasibility certificate of old sweeping machines. There are several complaints from standing committee members that the old sweeping machines are in bad condition. The Mayor directed officials to keep the machines in good shape.

The mayor directed additional commissioner (planning), Ronald Ross, to immediately shuffle the chain men who have been working for a long time in their present postings.

Members of the Standing Committee, which met here on Thursday, were unanimous in their opinion that chain men were  resorting to corrupt  practices and were harassing people.