Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting at the state secretariat on Thursday regarding the ongoing drive to remove hawkers and clear "encroachment" footpaths at various places, an official said.
He said senior bureaucrats and police officers have been asked to be present in the meeting.
"Mayors of all corporations and chairpersons of municipalities have also been instructed to be present through video-conference," he said.
The police had launched the eviction drive on Tuesday after Banerjee expressed strong displeasure over the "encroachment" of footpaths in Kolkata and its neighboring Salt Lake area.
Hawkers, who had set up stalls to sell food items, clothes and various products in the city and Salt Lake, were asked to remove their structures, a police officer said.
The Chief Minister had recently said, "Government property and land is being encroached upon and permission is being given for money."
He said senior bureaucrats and police officers have been asked to be present in the meeting.
"Mayors of all corporations and chairpersons of municipalities have also been instructed to be present through video-conference," he said.
The police had launched the eviction drive on Tuesday after Banerjee expressed strong displeasure over the "encroachment" of footpaths in Kolkata and its neighboring Salt Lake area.
Hawkers, who had set up stalls to sell food items, clothes and various products in the city and Salt Lake, were asked to remove their structures, a police officer said.
The Chief Minister had recently said, "Government property and land is being encroached upon and permission is being given for money."
