Ludhiana, Feb. 15 -- Municipal Corporation (MC) officials conducted a drive to remove roadside vendors from the Janakpuri main market area on Thursday. Panic gripped the encroachers during the MC's action. Street vendors, whose stalls were being removed, called local councillors from two wards to the spot.

BJP councillor Gauravjeet Gora and Aam Aadmi Party councillor Nikku Bharti arrived at the scene and talked to the MC inspectors to make them temporarily halt the operation. Still the anti-encroachment team seized a few vends.

BJP councillor Gauravjeet Gora emphasised that while the issue of encroachments in Janakpuri must be resolved, eliminating someone's livelihood was not the right solution. He suggested that a solution could be fo...