kolkata if sports and transport minister madan mitra has his way the salt lake stadium complex will be free of all encroachments and illegal structures an order has been issued stating all such encroachments and things that have been dumped inside the stadium complex will have to be removed or else the government will take action evict and remove it by the end of this month mitra said that there have been encroachments by quite a few organizations inside the yubabharati kriangan complex that have come up over the years by quite a few organizations several decorators and even a theatre groups offices have been set up inside the stadium complex the bidhannagar sub divisional officer has issued an order that the encroachers will have to leave the spot or else they will be evicted by july 31 the minister said adding that the stadium complex has been grossly misused over the years several decorating firms have set up their offices inside the complex in recent years most of which have come up been set up during the left regime government tenures we have been here for the last seven to eight years we have not heard of any such notice that we will have to move out from here said a group of workers of a decorating firm not only makeshift offices by such decorators inside the stadium various kinds of waste and wornout materials like structures of old buses and vehicles have been dumped in the corners inside the complex heaps of stone chips and sand could also been seen dumped in some places morning and evening walkers said that such decorators and other makeshift offices have been set up in the complex grown up inside the stadium complex over the years and nothing has changed till date they are often seen to shift from one spot to another many trees have also been felled said a dutta a local resident who have been doing his evening stroll inside the stadium for the last eight years ever since the mamata banerjee government came to the power minister madan mitra has been trying to remove all such encroachments and illegal structures to develop the stadium repair work of the damaged parts of the stadium has already been done with the aim to develop the stadium as a world class football stadium sources said several large trees have been chopped off and even felled over the years to make way for various constructions a taximeter checking centre had been set up inside the stadium complex some years back and a group of law students had even moved court in protest the ground and halls inside the stadium were also used for holding marriage ceremonies and the surroundings used to get dirty with plastic and food waste all over