Ludhiana, Oct. 9 -- Senior deputy mayor Rakesh Parashar supervised a joint anti-encroachment drive conducted by traffic police and tehbazaari wing of the Municipal Corporation (MC) in Chaura Bazar and nearby areas on Wednesday.

The drive was aimed at ensuring smooth movement of traffic in busy markets of the city during the ongoing festival season. During the drive, warning was issued to shopkeepers and vendors encroaching upon the road portion beyond the yellow line.

Parashar said they have conducted a number of meetings with the market associations of different markets in the city in the recent past. The shopkeepers and vendors were directed to install their vends within the yellow line so that encroachments on road portions do not be...