Taking a tough stand against encroachers and illegal parking stands, the Yogi Adityanath government has imposed Gangsters Act and Goonda Act against the operators of illegal parking, sending a clear message that it will not tolerate nuisance in the name of encroachment.
A government spokesman said here on Saturday that as a new initiative towards road safety, the Yogi government had launched an effective campaign against illegal encroachment, illegal vehicle stands and parkings, and was taking multi-dimensional steps which were yielding encouraging results.
“Under the road safety campaign started on May 19 in 75 districts of the state, a strict campaign was launched against encroachments, and illegal vehicle stands and parkings on the roads and footpaths of all the districts. During the campaign going on in every district, the Gangsters Act and Goonda Act was also imposed on the identified operators. Not only this, many vehicles were also confiscated,” he said.
The spokesman said during this campaign 567 illegal stands were identified and 573 stands were removed. He said action was taken against 20 stand operators under Goonda Act and Gangsters Act was imposed on two.
“A strict action was also taken against illegal encroachments along the roads. In the last one week 3,749 campaigns were launched to remove illegal encroachments along expressways, national highways, Public Works Department roads, city roads and other sidewalks,” he said.
Dishing out figures, he said during this campaign 15,119 illegal encroachments were removed and cases were registered against 1,104 people for encroachment. He said at the same time, strict action was also taken against illegal parkings in which a total of 8,929 encroachments were removed from the roads and 1,018 illegal parkings were also removed.
“Action was taken against three parking operators under the Goonda Act. Besides, the Gangsters Act was also imposed against two parking operators. Besides, 1,404 spots have been identified by the National Highways Authority of India and the Public Works Department that are frequently encroached upon. Sign boards have been put up there,” he said.