Odisha Hockey World Cup: BMC holds on ‘beautification’ drive as protests erupt towards eviction
By PTI
BHUBANESHWAR: Numerous avenue distributors on Friday staged protests over the continued eviction drive to beautify Odisha’s state capital Bhubaneswar forward of the boys’s Hockey World Cup subsequent month.
The agitation prompted the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to briefly postpone the train, with officers assuring the protesters that the subsequent plan of action shall be determined following a dialogue with the distributors’ consultant physique.
“We have decided to stop the eviction drive for some days. It will be carried out after talks with the vendors’ association,” BMC North Zone assistant commissioner Suresh Chandra Lenka informed reporters.
The agitators, underneath the banner of All Odisha Roadside Vendors’ Association, alleged that BMC performed large eviction with none prior discover or association for rehabilitation.
“The livelihoods of hundreds of vendors have been affected due to the eviction drive. Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed as the BMC bulldozed our makeshift shops,” affiliation president Pratap Sahu claimed.
Sahu stated the affected distributors should be rehabilitated as per legislation earlier than being evicted.
“The BMC has violated all laws and illegally demolished the shops in Damana and Patia area in the city,” he alleged. Earlier within the day, the agitators had gheroed the BMC workplace, resulting in a minor scuffle with safety personnel, officers stated.
“There was no planning by the BMC for the world cup. It should have given sufficient time for the traders to move to a different place,” stated Minati Behera, whose small store close to Patia Chak was evicted.
She additionally claimed that the federal government was forcing distributors emigrate to different states.
Sahu added that there are round 30,000 road-side distributors, out of whom 15,000 merchants’ stalls have been demolished by the BMC.
The males’s Hockey World Cup will happen from January 13-29.
BHUBANESHWAR: Numerous avenue distributors on Friday staged protests over the continued eviction drive to beautify Odisha’s state capital Bhubaneswar forward of the boys’s Hockey World Cup subsequent month.
The agitation prompted the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to briefly postpone the train, with officers assuring the protesters that the subsequent plan of action shall be determined following a dialogue with the distributors’ consultant physique.
“We have decided to stop the eviction drive for some days. It will be carried out after talks with the vendors’ association,” BMC North Zone assistant commissioner Suresh Chandra Lenka informed reporters.
The agitators, underneath the banner of All Odisha Roadside Vendors’ Association, alleged that BMC performed large eviction with none prior discover or association for rehabilitation.
“The livelihoods of hundreds of vendors have been affected due to the eviction drive. Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed as the BMC bulldozed our makeshift shops,” affiliation president Pratap Sahu claimed.
Sahu stated the affected distributors should be rehabilitated as per legislation earlier than being evicted.
“The BMC has violated all laws and illegally demolished the shops in Damana and Patia area in the city,” he alleged. Earlier within the day, the agitators had gheroed the BMC workplace, resulting in a minor scuffle with safety personnel, officers stated.
“There was no planning by the BMC for the world cup. It should have given sufficient time for the traders to move to a different place,” stated Minati Behera, whose small store close to Patia Chak was evicted.
She additionally claimed that the federal government was forcing distributors emigrate to different states.
Sahu added that there are round 30,000 road-side distributors, out of whom 15,000 merchants’ stalls have been demolished by the BMC.
The males’s Hockey World Cup will happen from January 13-29.
