The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Thursday conducted drives in the red zone of Gulistan for a third day and evicted some 200 hawkers.
During the drives, 14 people were fined Tk 80,000 for illegally setting up stalls on footpaths and roads.
Besides collecting fines, a total of 14 cases were filed against them under Section 92 of the Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009.
Thursday’s raids from Gulistan’s Zero Point to Ahad police Box was led by Md Muniruzzaman, estate officer and executive magistrate of the DSCC.
The drive lasted from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.
“Our eviction drive will continue so that vehicles coming from the country’s southwest crossing the Padma Bridge can move freely around the Mayor Hanif Flyover and its adjacent areas,”said Muniruzzaman.
Md Enamul Haque, councillor of ward No 13 and Farid Uddin Ahmed Ratan, councillor of ward No 20 of the DSCC, were present during the drive.