Jamshedpur, Nov. 9: The East Singhbhum district administration has decided to conduct weekly monitoring of commercial hubs at Sakchi and Bistupur to prevent illegal extension and encroachment by shopkeepers during the festive season.
Dhalbhum SDO Alok Kumar said that they have been receiving complains that the vendors have once again selling their products on footpaths, while shopkeepers and retail establishments are putting up extensions on drains and lanes at commercial hubs even after eviction drive by administration at Sakchi and Bistupur markets.
�We did our best to clean the market of illegal extensions and pavement vendors at Sakchi and Bistupur. But still vendors and shopkeepers are violating laws,� said Alok Kumar.
The SDO further said that they would be conducting weekly monitoring of the commercial hubs along with JNAC officials and local police officials to stop recurrence of encroachment.
According to district administration officials, the police have been asked to keep an eye in the Jugsalai area since it is the most vulnerable zone as far illegal transaction of fire-crackers is concerned.
�Jugsalai for years has been the center for dubious dealings of fire crackers and by rough estimates transaction worth crores of rupees takes place every year in the that particular pocket,� informed a senior vigilance official.
Taking lessons from the past incidents, the district administration is likely to constitute a team of the administrative and police officials, who will make surprise visit to the market to track down the shops selling fire crackers illegally, if any.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal said that the administration will work to remove encroachment by vendors and retailers in market areas.
With city roads being squeezed more and more each day due to encroachments, the district administration had launched launch anti-encroachment drive.� �We want to streamline the traffic movement in the city. We are taking initiatives to vacate the illegal constructions so that the vehicles can move easily,� said an officer of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee.
Incidentally, Sakchi market was cleared of encroachment after several days of efforts on the part of district administration in August, while Bistupur market was cleared in September. �Meanwhile, around 30 shops were fined at Sakchi by the JNAC magistrate Ayodhya Singh.
Traffic DSP Vivekanand Thakur said that pavements in both Sakchi and Bistupur were freed of vendors during the four-hour long exercise, which began from 10 a.m. on Monday at Sakchi and Bistupur.
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