A joint eviction team consisting of BDA, BMC and Commissionerate police personnel on Wednesday demolished a cowshed, four small hotels, three houses and a wooden cabin near Vani Vihar railway station and made Government land encroachment-free.
Besides, these a old bus was also removed from the area under Ward No 30 of the city.
While one excavator was engaged, the eviction drive was completed peacefully.
BDA Enforcement Officer-II Pramod Kumar Patra and liaison Officer
Subhransu Sekhar Mohanty were present, among others.
Similarly, an eviction drive undertaken by a special squad cleared the foot path from the New Air Port Square to Patia Square and KIIT Square to CIPET Square.
Five cabins, two extended sheds of fruit shops, 20 street vendors, four hoardings, one bamboo shed, three extended sheds of hotels, four thatched sheds were demolished.
This apart, a portion of about 5 feet extended part of the laxmi Narayan Temple near the BDA Colony, in front of Rail Sadan, was demolished to clear the cycle path.