Enforcement team comprising officers and staff of BDA, BMC and Commissionerate Police undertook an eviction drive on Friday during which a temple in front of the Kalinga Stadium was demolished and a 1,300-ft Government land was freed from encroachment.
The temple located within the boundary of the Kalinga Stadium at Gate No 6 was demolished in view of coming Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup (HWC) 2018.
However, the programme for eviction of unauthorised business establishments on the road along the stadium couldn’t be carried out as hundreds of slum dwellers and local people protested the move.
Another team freed a 1,300-ft Government land at Behera Sahi in front of Iskon Temple here on Friday. A 60-foot-long boundary wall erected on the land was also demolished.
BDA Enforcement Officer-II Pramod Kumar Patro, liaison Officer Subhransu Sekhar Mohanty, Zone ACP Kishore Chandra Mund and Nayapalli PS IIC Umakanta Pradhan were present during eviction.