Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has evicted more than 200 shops and illegal structures occupying footpaths in the city's Bahaddarhat area to clear pedestrian walkways.
The eviction drive was conducted on Thursday (November 12) in the Chandgaon Police Station area by the corporation's mobile court, led by Executive Magistrate Chaiti Sarbavidya.
According to CCC sources, shops occupying footpaths in Bahaddarhat had been obstructing pedestrian movement. The mobile court subsequently conducted the drive and removed more than 200 shops and structures to reclaim the footpaths.
Officials and employees from the relevant departments of the city corporation, along with police from Chandgaon Police Station, assisted the magistrate during the operation.
Executive Magistrate Chaiti Sarbavidya said such drives would continue to free city footpaths from illegal occupation in the public interest.
- MaT