Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 3 -- The City Traffic Police have evicted footpath vendors and other roadside vendors, who had occupied the stretch of footpaths around Five Light Circle (M.N. Srinivas Circle) on JLB Road and Manandavadi Road in the city.

This move of the City Police has indeed brought a relief to hundreds of vehicle riders and pedestrians alike, who were meeting with minor accidents at times, due to the overcrowded stretch of road, especially in the evening hours, turning into a congested lane.

What began with a group of a few vegetable vendors selling their goods on push carts, who had encroached upon the footpaths around Five Light Circle, mostly in front of the staff quarters of Central Sericultural Research and Training Institu...