Chandigarh, May 3 -- For the first time, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) will set up a dedicated night vigil squad to crackdown on illegal vendors and encroachments that mushroom across the city after dark. The decision was taken after the issue of nighttime encroachments, with vendors occupying intersections, market corridors, and even parking areas well past the official enforcement hours, was flagged during a recent General House meeting of the MC.

Though municipal commissioner Amit Kumar had initially extended the enforcement duty hours from 7 pm to 8 pm, and then further extended them up to 10 pm, enforcement teams have struggled to contain the surge of illegal vending activities across the city after the duty hours.

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