Street Vendors to be Evicted from Mangalore During a Special Drive on July 29: Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur

Mangalore City Mayor Sudheer Shetty Kannur said that the street vendors should use pushcarts and should not pitch tents or build permanent structures on the side of roads. But many have violated this and have occupied footpaths. The menace of such vendors has increased especially in Kankanady, Lady Hill-Mannagudda, and Airport Road. The vendors and consumers threw plastic on the road. They used LPG cylinders on roadside which is dangerous and also put chairs on the road and built permanent structures.

The Mayor said that the Mangalore city corporation will launch a drive to evict such vendors on July 29 and people should cooperate while corporation officials evict the vendors.

Recalling a July 22 incident, the Mayor told that when revenue officials of the corporation went to evict the vendors from Airport Road, police from the Kadri East station (Kadri) took the officials to task by calling them to the station and threatened to file a case against them.

The Mayor said that he will write a letter to the Police Commissioner on the same and seek the police’s cooperation in evicting the street vendors. The Mayor said that henceforth the corporation officials will keep the police informed whenever they go to evict street vendors and that the police should also cooperate.