Bengaluru, Sept 4 Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday directed officials to take strict measures to prevent re-encroachment of footpaths that have already been cleared across the city, and to register FIRs against repeat violators.
“Cases of re-encroachment should be identified promptly and reported with photographic and geo-tagged evidence. He also instructed them to constitute joint task forces comprising police and civic officials in five city corporation jurisdictions to ensure continuous monitoring and to undertake joint action against re-encroachment. Marshals and beat police personnel should jointly conduct regular inspections,” he directed. Gowda directed officials to clearly identify roads where street vending is restricted or prohibited and ensure that the relevant police and civic authorities are formally informed. The minister directed that a joint order/circular at the level of the Chief Commissioners be issued covering joint police-civic operations, constitution of task forces, road-wise identification of areas, detection of re-encroachments and legal action.
Stating that each City Corporation jurisdiction should have a joint task force with police and civic officials working in coordination, Gowda further said, cleared footpaths should be subjected to regular as well as surprise inspections, with immediate action taken if re-encroachment is detected.
