MLA, corporator face off over eviction of vendors

One protests action, the other says the shops were a public nuisance

Ward 39 corporator Sadiq Mohammed and Visakhapatnam (South) MLA Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar are at loggerheads over the eviction of 16 vendors in Old Town area of the city. The vendors in the Old Town area were evicted by GVMC, around 10 days ago. While the MLA claims that the vendors, who have been running makeshift shops in the vicinity of MVDM High School for the last four decades, were evicted without prior notice or a rehabilitation plan, the corporator says the action was carried out in accordance with GVMC procedures.