GURGAON: The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has renewed its efforts to make the Sadar Bazar area encroachment-free. While earlier too it had made similar attempts which did not yielded much result, the authorities claim that this time around, a visible impact can be seen since the local traders have promised to help in the anti-encroachment drive.

Municipal commissioner Ashok Sangwan held a meeting in this regard with the enforcement team officials, local traders, police officials and the area councillors on Thursday. According to officials, the anti-encroachment drive will begin next week. "We are planning to launch the drive from Tuesday, and we will remove all encroachments that are found inside the market as well as on the periphery. The reason for not starting the drive immediately is to give some time to the traders and hawkers to remove the encroachments themselves. The commissioner does not want anybody to incur loss due to the anti-encroachment drive and has therefore given time to remove the encroachments. If they fail to do so, we will have to demolish them," said a spokesperson.

The traders too seem to be happy about the drive. "I feel that the present mess and congestion prevailing in the bazaar is due to some traders renting out area outside their shops to hawkers," said KL Pahwa, a trader.

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday carried out anti-encroachment drive across the city against unauthorised constructions.

The drive was conducted by ward offices of Ghole Road, Vishrambaugwada, Sahakarnagar, Bhavani Peth, Aundh, Dhole Patil road and Warje in their respective areas.

Over 100 unauthorised stalls in the areas such as Shivajinagar, Kasba Peth, Wadgaonsheri, NIBM Road, Shivarkar Road were razed. The civic body also took action against illegal hawkers, banners, handcarts and tin sheds. Over 300 boards including hoardings and banners were pulled down. The officials also confiscated 40 unidentified vehicles, a statement issued by the PMC said.

The civic administration has started the drive against encroachments on 42 major roads since the last one month. It plans to continue the drive in a bid to reduce traffic congestion. The action against encroachers will continue in the coming days.