A joint team of the BMC, the BDA and the Commissionerate police on Thursday carried out an eviction drive and demolished many unauthorised structures, including some religious institutions on Government lands at Kharavel Nagar, Chandrasekharpur and Rasulgarh Square.
BMC Zonal Deputy Commissioner Binay Kumar Dash led the eviction drive that continued from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm.
The team demolished a temple complex, 24 wooden cabins, 18 tin sheet extensions, nine advertisement boards and 16 stores belonging to ‘kabadiwalls’ over road from Amber Square to PH Square in Kharvel Nagar, the balance encroached
portion would be conducted on Friday.
Similarly, the team demolished an unauthorised construction of a temple and freed nearly 2,500 square feet area near the Joggers’Park in Chandrasekharpur.
The squad too removed an obstruction from the newly-constructed public toilet at Rasulgarh Square to facilitate entry of the citizens to use the facility.