“Don’t take bulldozers. Find out how it can be sorted,” she said. The chief minister also announced a five-member committee including three ministers — Arup Biswas, Moloy Ghatak and Firhad Hakim — would survey the areas in the state to find solutions to the encroachment and illegal-parking problems. The eviction drive will begin after the committee has surveyed the situation.The drive comes weeks after Lok Sabha poll results were announced. The primary reason behind Mamata’s taking the bulldozer route is believed to be her party’s weakening hold in urban pockets.Of the 144 wards in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, 141 are a part of the Lok Sabha seats of Calcutta North and Calcutta South and three in Jadavpur. The Trinamool was trailing in 47 wards in the Lok Sabha elections.There are only seven members from the Opposition comprising BJP, Congress and the Left in the civic body. The BJP was leading in civic bodies in Bolpur, Gobardanga, Krishnagar, Balurghat, Raigunj, Burdwan, Englishbazar, Jhargram, Barasat, Ashokenagar, Madhyamgram, Bongaon, Katwa, Kalna, Alipurduar and Balurghat, among others.
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