Kolkata: The area along the main road of an anandapur from Em Bypass gets a facelift with almost 650 kiosks that are moved on the side of the road in step to free encroachment by snacks and restore sidewalks and restore sidewalks.
Emergency kiosks that have eaten to the road space for years have been removed from the main highway and adjacent routes.
The project being carried out in the phase took off last month on the order of local council members and the snack traders.
Instead of being evicted, all these vendors will be moved in the same area.
However, temporary vendors who sell fruits, masks, and snacks on the cart will no longer be allowed there.
Anandapur member Gayitridevi Intuc Hawkers, the union said they had roamed four contractors to end beauty encouragement on the road.
While the sidewalks that symbolize on one side of the road have been restored, the construction of new sidewalks on the other hand, opposite the General Ruby of the hospital, will begin soon.
Local Board Members Sushanta Ghosh told TOI: “This is one of the main locations in the city and people from various countries come here for medical and other purposes.
This area is decorated with kiosks that appear randomly in recent years, So that it beats a road space and causes visual chaos.
So, we come up with the project to solve problems so that those who visit the area get a better impression about the city.
“Ghosh clarified that repairing regions by cleaning encroachment did not have a relationship with the Metro work at the crossing of Ruby.
About 65-70 “smart” stalls have sprung up near Urbana, a luxury condo in the city.
At present, the iron structure with a tin warehouse that will accommodate a kiosk equipped with glass windows appear along the road.
Some structures are being established in open channels, which have been forgotten for the past 20 years due to encroachment, with provisions for rainwater flowing.
As planned, the vendor must pay between Rs 1,250 and Rs 1,380 per square ft if they want to continue the business at the upcoming kiosk.
The Toi vendors spoke to claim that the number, which they had asked to pay for new accommodations, ranged from Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000 and above, depending on the size of the kiosk.
Shyamal Kumar Sardar, President-Cum-Minister of the Union Hawkers, who has run a clothing kiosk there for 35 years, said, “We welcome to move to beautify this place and make a way for encroachment.
The highlight of this drive is that all vendors are being moved here Unlike “sun surgery” during the front front regime in 1995 when many vendors were expelled in the city.
Pandemi has hit all the traders financially.
With a pandemic after hitting all the vendors financially, they have to pay 60% of the money at first to have on The stalls while they can pay the rest with installments.
“” Previously, some vendors carry out several kiosks here by occupying the road.
Now, they have to buy space to run a business and no one will be allowed to have a kiosk and then release it or remain locked without Use, “added Sardar.
Veteran leader CPI (M) Kanti Ganguly, who has played an important role during “Operation Sunshine” says: “Encroachment is removed, people get back access to the sidewalks and vendors being moved – it is a good step.” Subho Pramanik, a local and an entrepreneur, said, “Over the past two decades, daily commuters must walk down the road, put life at risk when the stalls spill to all sidewalks.” Sidewalk encroachment has become a eternal problem.
The British Civic Engineer William Clark has introduced the concept of the sidewalk in Kolkata in the 1860s when the city has the first sidewalk in the Lama Court House Street, according to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation document.
Although the tramarstation has begun during the British period, it becomes rampant after the partition.
“Still a big question remains on encroachment in other areas such as garatam and esplanade,” Ganguly added.