Traffic police on a drive to remove footpath encroachment
The Hindu
More than 100 cases registered against vendors, shop owners
The Mysuru City Traffic police has embarked upon an elaborate footpath encroachment clearance drive for the benefit of pedestrians. The drive, which began after two pedestrians were injured grieviously in a serial accident on New Sayyaji Rao Road on Thursday when they were forced to walk on the road due to encroachment of the footpath, entered the third day on Sunday. The traffic police cracked the whip on roadside vendors as well as shop owners who had kept their wares on the footpath, hindering the free movement of pedestrians.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.