Port Blair, June 14: In order to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in Port Blair City, PBMC has conducted eviction drives against the illegal vendors & Private / Municipal Shop owners at various market places such as Ratnam Market and Mohanpura Market.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India has issued advisory that “COVID -19 has significantly impacted our cities, especially in the realm of market places. As cites look to ease the lockdown, it is important to provide safe, affordable and equitable movement and also ensure social distancing in the market spaces. The public streets need to be reimagined to make them pedestrianized and people friendly”.
In view of the above guidelines, Illegal encroachment not only causing hindrance to pedestrians & people friendly movement but also utterly violating Social distance norms. On 13/06/2020, PBMC has removed illegal encroachers on the above said markets wherein vendors illegally occupied the public spaces.
