Bhubaneswar: Salia Sahi , Bhubaneswar 's largest slum cluster, has undergone a sweeping eviction drive to make way for the construction of a planned 200-foot parallel road from Ekamra Kanan to the IMA building. The administration had set a seven-day deadline for removing encroachments, but the eviction work was completed in just three days.

A total of 556 identified houses were demolished during the drive, and work on the road began immediately to prevent re-encroachment. Six platoons of police assisted officials from the Works Department, BMC, BDA, electricity division, and WATCO, all of whom continue to remain stationed at the site to speed up road construction.

Salia Sahi was once considered an extremely challenging zone for administrative intervention. Even basic repair work of

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