Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 11: Finally the Congress and Trinamul Congress led English Bazaar civic body initiated a demolition drive from 14 February with the help of the administration to implement a beautification project in Malda town. The Malda SDO, Ms Arunima De visited some encroached areas including the footpath on either side of the road in the mid-town and finalised a date of eviction in first phase. The English Bazaar municipality took a demolition drive in December last year and also in January but could not execute owing to the unavoidable circumstances and decision was inclusive. “We did not want to evict the small traders from the footpath before Saraswati Puja and changed the decision to evict them before 26 January considering Republic Day”, said Mr Rama Prasad Banerjee, a congress councilor and the officer in-charge of the beautification project. According to him, there will be a central parking zone in front of the Malda town hall from 8 am to 8 pm in order to stem the unauthorised parking on the roads particularly in front of the Chittaranjan market. The civic body has issued a notice to all the market committees and urged them to clear the footpaths encroached by some hawkers. In the second phase, the civic body will seize the unauthorized rickshaws, coming from the panchayat areas, and prevent them from entering Malda town. On 14 February the civic body will evict small traders from Rabindra Avenue, BG road and KJ Sanyal road.
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