Bangladesh, Oct. 29 -- The Dhaka North and South city corporations launched separate eviction drives in Mirpur-1 and Gulistan on Wednesday to clear footpaths of illegal stalls and structures, but hawkers returned to parts of Mirpur within an hour of the first operation.

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) conducted its first drive in Mirpur-1 from 11am to 1pm, removing hundreds of stalls from footpaths in front of Muktijoddha Super Market and Hazrat Shah Ali Shopping Complex.

However, vendors soon began setting up their stalls again, prompting the DNCC to launch a second drive at around 2:45pm. Officials removed stalls and seized wood, bamboo, bricks and other materials used to construct them. Some vendors dismantled their stalls th...