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“The drive will cover all the urban areas in they city. The main purpose is to free the major roads of all obstructions,” Kishore said.The administration is also planning to create parking zones in the city once the anti-encroachment drive is over. Twelve vending zones have been proposed by the Patna Municipal Corporation in the state capital. The administration collected Rs 70,900 as fine from the Patna City areas.As per the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act 2014, street vendors have to be given an alternative before their eviction from their place of livelihood. PATNA: The administration removed illegal squatters from Boring Canal Road (west), Kankarbagh road, Rajendra Nagar overbridge area, Uma Cinema area and the approach road of Gandhi Setu on the fourth day of its an anti-encroachment drive, on Monday.The drive, an attempt to de-congest the city roads for smooth flow of traffic, will continue till August 31.On Day 4 of the drive, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishore carried out inspections in the Boring Canal Road and Bankipore areas..