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Citizens said the initiative’s success would depend on consistent enforcement. They said sustained enforcement would improve traffic movement, pedestrian safety and discipline in the busy market areas. Belagavi : Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) has begun regulating vegetable vendors and hawkers around the city market to ease traffic congestion and streamline commercial activity. White boundary lines are being marked, with vendors directed to operate only within designated spaces. Since Saturday, corporation officers and staff have been explaining the arrangements and warning vendors against occupying roads beyond the marked limits. Violators have been cautioned about action. Residents urged City Corporation to conduct regular monitoring, replace temporary lime markings with permanent lines and install signboards identifying vending zones.
Earlier encroachment-clearance drives by the city corporation and traffic police in Ganpat Galli, Khade Bazaar and Maruti Galli had restored order only temporarily, with encroachments returning within days.