The Hindu 28.06.2013
Remove encroachments, traders told
The Karur Municipality has directed the lessee traders and vendors in the Muthukumarasamy Bus Stand here to remove forthwith all encroachments that impeded free movement of commuters and public. If not, the encroaching items will be impounded without any warning, the errant traders have been cautioned.
The municipality warning to traders comes in the wake of the sudden inspection undertaken by District Collector S. Jayandhi at the Muthukumarasamy Bus Stand recently. During the inspection, she noted that offending traders and vendors were occupying the space meant for free movement of the public and commuters along the bus bays.
The Collector then directed the Karur Municipality officials to remove the encroachments that impeded movement of public in the bus stand. She had urged the civic body officials to keep the bus stand tidy and clean, free from encroachments of any kind. Following that the municipality officials have directed the errant traders and vendors who had displayed their wares even outside their shop area to the discomfiture of the passengers and public. They have asked the offending vendors to voluntarily remove the encroachments besides warning that if they failed to adhere to the warning the articles would be confiscated without any warning.
Complaint would be filed with the police and eviction would follow, Commissioner (in charge) L. Gopalakrishnan said. Moreover, the civic body had banned the entry of two-wheelers into the bus stand as they were parked haphazardly hindering movement of buses.
