Chandigarh, May 11 -- UT administration carried out a large-scale removal of unauthorised vendors in the congested markets and narrow lanes of Sector 13, Manimajra, reclaiming key public spaces that had long remained choked. The move comes after the Punjab and Haryana high court earlier directed the Chandigarh municipal corporation to remove encroachments from public places and sought a compliance report by May 20. According to sources, the administration is preparing to submit an affidavit before the Supreme Court of India on May 12, asserting that it has established effective control over illegal hawking in the city. Soon after the drive, a team of senior officials, including home secretary Mandeep Singh Brar, deputy commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur and municipal corporation joint commissioner Himanshu Gupta, conducted an on-ground inspection of the cleared areas....