Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Tuesday carried out an eviction drive on government land under Plot No. 1683 in Kalarahanga mouza as part of the scheduled CEMC eviction programme.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of the Joint Commissioner (Enforcement), BDA, Ranjan Kumar and field supervision by Deputy Director of the General Administration (GA) Department, Amiya Kumar Das in the presence of officials from multiple enforcement and police units. Despite facing heavy protests from encroachers during the drive, authorities successfully carried out partial eviction and cleared a significant portion of the encroached government land.
Officials said the eviction operation involved teams from BDA Enforcement Squads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 along with the Junior Enforcement Officer (JEO), Revenue Inspector of the GA Department, personnel from Infocity Police Station and police forces deployed for maintaining law and order at the site.