GHMC’s unannounced demolition drive undertaken on Wednesday has left vendors and owners of small outlets in the Abhyudayanagar area of LB Nagar Zone flummoxed and fuming.
About five shops and structures, including a tiffin centre, an iron shop and a curry point were demolished either fully or partially, during the morning hours of Wednesday by GHMC officials who came with an excavator machine. All the affected were small-time vendors, who eked out livelihood from the roadside businesses.
“We were not given any notices before the demolition was taken up. When we demanded to see the orders, the official accompanying the JCB vehicle informed us that he had received a complaint against us,” recalled Pavan Kumar, owner of a curry point, the steps before whose shop got demolished.
