The Town Vending Committee under the chairmanship of Mayor Premananda Shetty has re-launched the drive to evict unauthorised street vendors in Mangalore city from March 30, Wednesday. The committee has decided to resume the first level of eviction drive around Nehru Maidan Road, Government Lady Goschen Hospital, State Bank of India and the Service Bus Stand area in Hampankatta.

Under the Karnataka Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Rules 2014, encroachers apart from the ones trading will be evicted during inspection drives. The officials from the Mangalore City Corporation and the Police Department will be included in the drive. Cooking gas used by food vendors that has the potential to harm the lives of the public will be seized. To protect the interests and livelihood of poor street vendors, the corporation and the Police Department will conduct the clearance drive.