Bokaro, Dec. 2 -- The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) management, in coordination with the district administration, carried out an anti-encroachment drive here at City Centre on Tuesday morning after earlier notices directing shopkeepers to voluntarily vacate unauthorised structures expired.

The action began around 10 am, as joint teams of BSL Town Administration, local police and district officials reached Sector-4 City Centre with JCB machines to clear structures allegedly erected on public land. The drive covered the stretch from the water fountain plaza to the marketplace roads on both sides, where temporary and semi-permanent kiosks had been operating.

BSL had issued notices on November 24 asking shopkeepers to remove encroachments by Nov...