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Vadodara: Ten persons were arrested by Navapura police here over the alleged disturbance during a drive to remove encroachments on Friday. Personnel of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) were allegedly assaulted during the drive. VMC and city police carried out a major drive to remove encroachments in Navapura and its surrounding areas.
Handcarts, cabins and other material were seized and put on trucks by VMC personnel. They faced resistance in Mehboobpura, where VMC workers were allegedly manhandled and one of them was slapped. A seized handcart was taken off a truck and the mob tried to haul it away.
Police ensured that the mob was dispersed, and the cart was put back on the truck. A complaint was registered at Navapura police station over the incident. Ten people were arrested in connection with the offence, nine residents of Mehboobpura and one person from Khatkiwad.
Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 Results Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Results : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue VMC has been conducting drives to remove encroachments from sensitive areas of the city since Tuesday. The drive was taken up after the murder of the son of a former BJP councillor on the SSG Hospital campus. The murder was the fallout of a skirmish in the Nagarwada area.
--- Drive continues VMC teams conducted a drive to remove encroachments in the Tandalja area of the city. Earlier, smaller drives were conducted to remove encroachments on govt land, but on Saturday, the drive focused on removing encroachments from streets in the area. The drive met resistance from street vendors.
Some claimed the VMC was removing handcarts and other material from privately owned premises. In the evening, a drive was conducted in the Machhipith area of the city..
