kozhikode tension prevailed for a while at the mofussil bus stand on friday when a team led by kozhikode circlethird health inspector abdul khader and junior health inspectors arrived at the spot to evict the street vendors who were doing illegal business city corporation authorities evicted around thirty street vendors selling fruits in front of the bus stand the street vendors doing illegal business were evicted on the basis of a direction issued by the kerala high court which directed the civic body to take required measures to evict those who have been illegally doing the business moideen koya of kozhikode approached the hc and sought the intervention of the court to put an end to the illegal business at the bus stand the civic body evicted the vendors with the help of female staff to avoid clashes between the officials and the street vendors the street vendors protested against the move and also had taken out a protest march against the action of corporation the civic body decided to evict the vendors after holding the hearing of the both the parties on the basis of the direction given by the hchi p abdul khader who heads the eviction drive said a corporation level panel conducted the hearing about the case after the hc directed the corporation authorities to take required measures to put an end to the illegal business we have evicted around thirty vendors selling fruits illegally at the spot after conducting hearing of both the parties during the hearing the petitioner sought separate spot to conduct the business which was denied by the civic body as the busy spot was not marked for vending the business by street vendors also causes a lot of hardships to the public arriving at the mofussil bus stand he said meanwhile k rajeev working president national footpath unduvandi pettikkada thozhilali union intuc said the court order clearly stated to evict the illegal encroachers street vending is not an illegal activity in the country shop owners at mofussil bus stand after taking the shops of the corporation on lease basis provide a portion of their space in front of the shops to outsiders on daily rent basis which is illegal he said we have already submitted a copy of the court order to mayor deputy mayor and secretary and urged them to allow to carry out the business he said