Bareilly: Officials of the Bareilly municipal corporation (BMC) carried out an anti-encroachment drive at Chowki Crossing here on Tuesday and removed 20 kiosks set up illegally along the road.BMC officials said that the drive was conducted in the wake of numerous complaints from locals and commuters about these kiosks, mostly eateries, illegally occupying the road and causing traffic snarls in the area.Bareilly municipal commissioner RK Shrivastava said, “Around 20 mobile carts/kiosks and roadside stalls near Chowki Crossing and Civil Lines were removed by BMC officials on Tuesday. A similar drive was conducted on Monday also but the vendors reoccupied the spaces the next day. Hence, we had to remove the illegal kiosks again.”Officials added that the civic body authorities would undertake similar drives against encroachments across the city soon.Sumit Agarwal, a shopkeeper in Civil Lines, said, “With increasing number of roadside eateries and vendors, traffic congestion had become common in the area. We lodged several complaints and officials removed the encroachments too. However, these illegal kiosks always mushroomed again. Hence, the officials are planning to confiscate belongings and take legal action against offenders.”

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