Police teams have been deployed in front of Anandalok Hospital and the Geological Survey of India's office building in DK Block to prevent hawkers from returning to their old spots. Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta, also the MLA of Rajarhat New Town, has said that all pavements reclaimed from hawkers will be rebuilt. A 1km stretch of pavement near the Punjab National Bank bus stop in Sector I is also being repaired. "We chased a few of them away last night when they came on bicycles to reclaim their places," an officer said. Debanjana Ghosh, a resident of EE Block, said she hadn't seen an entire pavement free of encroachments for as long as she could remember.

Source: The Telegraph December 18, 2017 21:22 UTC