VMC demolishes six shops

VADODARA, June 10: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation on Wednesday demolished six shops in the Lakkadpitha area of the city, as they were violating the civic body8217;s road alignment norms.

The workforce from the land and estate department commercial and the encroachment removal squad led by Deputy Municipal Commissioner H S Patel took more than 10 hours to demolish the shops and clear the debris.

The demolition comes within days after the VMC razed 121 shops, houses and industrial sheds on the Railway Station road.

Armed with three trucks, four dumpers, three jeeps, a bulldozer and a loader, the operation was carried out by officers Bajrang Pardeshi, Bhargav Vyas, J M Chudgar, Shrikant Kulkarni, Bipin Shah, Arvind Patel, Kanubhai Harijan among others.