Eviction teams consisting of officials of BDA, BMC, GA Department and Commissionerate Police on Friday freed a valuable Government land measuring 1.142 acre from encroachment near Nehuru Yuba Kendra in Unit VI area and fixed three sign post on the plot.
The BDA was asked to construct a boundary wall there at the earliest.
The barbed wire fencing and two iron gates erected illegally were removed along with four wooden cabins.
BDA Enforcement Member Bhabani Sankar Chayani, Enforcement Officer-I, Madhumita Rath, Enforcement Officer-II Pramod Patro,
Executive Engineer lP Mohapatra, liaison Officer Subhransu Sekhar Mohanty, ACP Assem Kumar Panda and GA Revenue Supervisor Amiya Das were present, among others. Similarly, the Special Squad of the Bhubaneswar Smart City ltd along with Enforcement Squad (SEZ) of the BMC cleared footpath and cycle path from Vani Vihar to Sishu Bhawan of many illegal structures.
As many as 15 trolley mounted tiffin shops, two helmet shops, three sugarcane juice machines, eight advertising gates, 55 hoardings, seven bamboo sheds, 12 trolley mounted cabins and 28 street vendors were removed.
Besides, a special joint squad removed 15 street vendors from the footpath and cycle path from the New Air Port Square to Patia through the AG Square. Total 15 street vendors were removed.
Two signboards, one helmet shop, four tiffin stalls, one flower shop, two extended chicken and fish shop. One cemented wall, one extended cushion shop and betel shop were removed.