Bhubaneswar: The civic authorities on Wednesday demolished 20 make-shift shops as part of an eviction drive to clean land and provide space for approach road and drain near multi-level car parking (MLCP) at Saheed Nagar.
The authorities also issued an ultimatum to an Odisha Poultry Federation (OPOLFED) outlet to relocate as soon as possible.
The joint eviction drive was carried out by enforcement squads of Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The MLCP building is envisaged as a high-rise building with five floors of car parking and three floors of commercial area.
The car parking shall have lower and upper basement, and ground and above two floors that will accommodate minimum 250 four wheelers of equivalent car spaces (ECS) in an area of 1,00,149 square feet. All the floors above the parking floors shall be commercial floors covering an area of 38,128 square feet of leasable space. The building will have all the Smart features such as sensor-based parking, Wi-Fi, and building management system applications.
Another MLCP will com up at Rajmahal Square to help decongest the busy city roads during peak traffic hours.
