Anti-encroachment drive continues

Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) confiscated seven truckload goods from different markets in its operation against encroachments during last week.

According to RCB spokesman Qaiser Mahmood, fines were also imposed on a number of shopkeepers in different areas. The anti-encroachment operation on the instruction of Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) has been intensified, he added.

He said, RCB enforcement teams confiscated handcarts, tables, counters and other goods from Bakra Mandi, Dhoke Syedan, Tench Bhatta, People’s Colony and Saddar Bazar.

The team also removed illegal banners and posters from different areas. The operation is being conducted on daily basis while permanent and temporary encroachments are being removed, he said. The shopkeepers have been warned not to encroach space on roadside else strict action would be taken against the violators, he added.