Kolkata: In a unique initiative, a group of residents of Elita Garden Vista housing complex in New Town have started drawing street art on the service road stretch adjacent to the complex to prevent encroachment by street vendors. The residents started painting a stretch of the service road with on Sunday, with permission taken from New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).
“Vendors often occupy the street despite given adequate space elsewhere. This is a habit which needs to be broken. The objectives behind our initiative are to keep the service lane clean and free from encroachment, along with planting trees to develop and create an aesthetic look and feel,” said Arunangshu Chakraborty, a resident of the housing complex who was among those that came up with the idea.
The residents will also put up placards and paint signs saying “vendor-free area” and “Keep New Town clean” along the road. “Not only will we be drawing street art on the service lane, but we will plant trees and fence off the areas so that people do not cross the dividers. We will also put up traffic signs and no-parking signs, either on small placards or by painting the words on the road. It is our way to make people understand not to occupy the streets and to keep them clean,” Chakraborty said.
NKDA authorities lauded the initiative. “They had sought NKDA’s permission and they have been informally allowed and encouraged to beautify the streets,” said an NKDA official.
Several street vendors and hawkers used to occupy the service lane adjacent to Elita Garden Vista, especially in the morning and after evening. NKDA officials said that to prevent encroachment, they were planning on planting trees and developing gardens, utilising the space as a parking lot or taxi stand, or even developing green open spaces.
“It has been observed that most of the time, the freed-up space gets reoccupied. The initiative by the residents to draw street art on the service lane will help keep the stretch free,” said an official.
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“Vendors often occupy the street despite given adequate space elsewhere. This is a habit which needs to be broken. The objectives behind our initiative are to keep the service lane clean and free from encroachment, along with planting trees to develop and create an aesthetic look and feel,” said Arunangshu Chakraborty, a resident of the housing complex who was among those that came up with the idea.
The residents will also put up placards and paint signs saying “vendor-free area” and “Keep New Town clean” along the road. “Not only will we be drawing street art on the service lane, but we will plant trees and fence off the areas so that people do not cross the dividers. We will also put up traffic signs and no-parking signs, either on small placards or by painting the words on the road. It is our way to make people understand not to occupy the streets and to keep them clean,” Chakraborty said.
NKDA authorities lauded the initiative. “They had sought NKDA’s permission and they have been informally allowed and encouraged to beautify the streets,” said an NKDA official.
Several street vendors and hawkers used to occupy the service lane adjacent to Elita Garden Vista, especially in the morning and after evening. NKDA officials said that to prevent encroachment, they were planning on planting trees and developing gardens, utilising the space as a parking lot or taxi stand, or even developing green open spaces.
“It has been observed that most of the time, the freed-up space gets reoccupied. The initiative by the residents to draw street art on the service lane will help keep the stretch free,” said an official.
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