The two  roads  are quite old and many of the  establishments were  built before the town municipality and city municipality came into  being. Therefore the roads as such  are extremely narrow with absolutely no concept of a footpath and no parking.

It is  very  difficult for two way  traffic to ply given the width of the  road. It is possible to expand the road only if  five feet of building are cleared from both sides. For now the stones on the underground drains have been pulled out which has created even more of a problem to the vehicles because the  students have been  left lying on the  road.

Recently an elderly gentlemen slipped on of these stones and  hurt himself. These covered drains atleast acted as  footpaths, but now the dangers seems to have  increased  even  more as the  vehicles and pedestrians are forced to share the road.

According to the shop keepers in the area, the  development activity has created more  problems than  solving anything for them.  While people are  happy that the illegal encroachments are being cleared, the families that depend on them are devastated about decision. Many of the  public  property have also been damaged during the  entire operation including telephone poles and drinking water connections.

Thousands of telephones  have been disconnected and it will take about  a week for BSNL to get them  working again, according to  sources.