Hanoi authorities vow to curb pavement problems
>> Hanoi still fails to fight against pavement encroachment
Police in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have just started a new campaign to deal with encroachment on local pavements.
Police
officers on Tuesday morning came to many streets including Hang Dao,
Hang Buom, Duong Thanh and Hang Dieu to ask road-side shops to remove
their lean-to roofs, posters and sign boards from the pavements.
Speaking
with the Nguoi Lao Dong (Workers Newspaper), vice chairman of Hoan Kiem
District People's Committee, Pham Tuan Long said that this was not the
first time local police carried out raid on pavement encroachment.
"But we're going to have stricter measures this time to curb the violations," Long stressed. "The pavements will soon be cleared out for the pedestrians only."
"But we're going to have stricter measures this time to curb the violations," Long stressed. "The pavements will soon be cleared out for the pedestrians only."
For the shop owners who didn't want to remove their roofs or sign boards, police would collect all the items to their trucks.
Police asked a shop to remove
their lean-to roofs and sign boards
A shop owner on Duong Thanh Street was fined for failing to remove her stuff from the pavement.
A refrigerator was removed from the street pavement on Hang Luoc Street.
Many cars which were illegally parked along the streets were also taken to the police station.
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