ITANAGAR, Mar 20: In view of the scheduled G20 Summit in Itanagar, Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) conducted an eviction and clearance drive at Ganga market area in presence of magistrate and police. IMC also imposed penalties as per the high court order against those littering in public places.
Speaking to media persons, Commissioner IMC Likha Tejji informed that eviction and clearance drive is a regular process of the IMC which has been intensified in view of the proposed G20 summit to be held at Itanagar on March 25 next.
We are evicting illegal hoardings near the highways, clearing construction materials on the roadside and other obstructions that are creating hindrances to the free flow of traffic. Moreover, IMC is also imposing penalties following the High Court order against those who are littering in public places; including shopkeepers who are not keeping their surrounding clean, added Tejji.
Commissioner IMC also informed that the corporation will start night sweeping in the capital region as well as the eviction of stray animals will be started soon. He also appealed to the denizens to confer equal support to the IMC to make the state capital clean and green.