About 100 hawkers organised impromptu rally along Bertram Street, Chowringhee Place, JL Nehru Road and Lindsay Street before returning to Bertram Street.
The KMC had drawn a yellow line on the pavements on the night of January 6, demarcating two-thirds of the width of the footpaths that have to be kept free for pedestrians
On April 21, 2021, the court had directed authorities to strictly enforce the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, the Karnataka Traffic Control Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and initiate criminal proceedings against footpath encroachers.
The street vendors who ran the stalls were repeatedly told over the past few months to take away their ware, but they did not listen. We had to act, said an officer at Gariahat police station