MCC clears encroachment of footpaths on Sayyaji Rao Road
The Mysuru City Corporation has launched a drive to clear footpath encroachments on Sayyaji Rao Road to ensure pedestrian safety. While authorities warn vendors to vacate, some vendors argue that their small-scale businesses do not significantly obstruct public movement.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between urban infrastructure management and the livelihoods of informal street vendors in Indian cities.
Resuming its footpath clearance drive, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities on Wednesday carried out a footpath encroachment clearance drive on Sayyaji Rao Road.
MCC personnel from Abhaya led by officials went about clearing the encroachment on the footpath on both sides of Sayyaji Rao Road.
The MCC staff began the drive from K.R. Circle by appealing to the vendors through a public address system to immediately vacate the footpaths and warned them that their materials will be taken away if they failed to abide by the directions.
Most of the footpath vendors obliged by removing their items including garments, footwear, plastic items, fruits, bangles etc.
The MCC authorities had begun a footpath clearance drive to ensure free movement of pedestrians in line with the directions issued by the Supreme Court.
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