Ludhiana, May 21 -- In a bid to remove encroachments and streamline movement of traffic, the tehbazaari wing of municipal corporation (MC) conducted an anti-encroachment drive in Mayapuri area, Tibba road on Tuesday.

The tehbazaari teams of all the four zones of MC led by inspectors Sunil Kumar, Vipan Handa, Sanjeev Kumar among others conducted the drive and confiscated the hosiery waste kept in open. Action was taken against around 20 violators. The drive was also conducted to avoid any fire incident during the summer season due to hosiery waste being kept in the open by the area residents.

The officials stated that the drive was conducted in the direction of MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal. They stated that a large number of residen...