navi mumbai kharghar residents have pointed out glaring instances of illegal encroachments on footpaths at certain busy areas of the node ravi srivastava an rti activist says several illegal shops and political party offices have come up near the dmart complex in kharghar even the footpath near shilp chowk are encroached he added if these encroachments are not removed soon the kharghar resident associations will certainly approach the panvel municipal corporation officials to stop this public menacewhile the pcmc does regularly remove illegal hoardings and banners from newly acquired kharghar node our vital pavements must also be made free for the pedestrians the authorities must look into it seriously said another resident from shilp chowk areawhen contacted the deputy municipal commissioner of pcmc mangesh chitale told toi we recently cleared the illegal encroachments from new panvel kamothe and other parts of the city even illegal political offices and kiosks such as muft vachanalaya free newspaper reading sites were cleared from khanda colony and other places so we will also take action against encroachments in kharghar pcmc officials have also advised citizens to make online complaints for any specific local area civic issues