Jamshedpur: Acting on long-pending demands from residents and authorised shopkeepers to remove encroachments and free footpaths of vendors, the East Singhbhum district administration has constituted task forces to evict the illegal hawkers and appointed special magistrates to oversee the process.
The district authorities said the task forces comprise officials from Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee, Mango Municipal Corporation and Jugsalai Municipality.
In large parts of the Steel City, food vendors and makeshift stall owners encroached upon roads and pavements, resulting in traffic snarls during peak hours and accidents.
As part of the eviction process, DC Suraj Kumar instructed all top officials of the three civic bodies to take up the encroachment drive seriously and said the special magistrates were appointed so that there is no breakdown of law and order during the process.