NH&MP launches anti-encroachment drive

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Inspector General National Highways & Motorway Police (N-5) North Zone Abbas Ahsan has said that in order to provide free, safe and uninterrupted passage and to mitigate the accident ratio, a 4-phase anti-encroachment drive to clear the GT road of encroachments has been launched throughout the (N-5) North Zone and at Murree Expressway, says a press releas.

DIG North Abbas Ahsan said that the first two phases have been successfully accomplished. During the first phase from 27th February to 5th March 2017, all types of encroachment were identified and meetings with the concerned trade unions, municipal and local administration, lawyers/bars councils and media personnel were held. During the second phase which lasted two weeks from 6th March to 19th March 2017, special briefing material was printed containing messages regarding disadvantages and hazards of encroachments and distributed amongst the encroachers and the general public to sensitise them. He said that the third phase has been commenced in which all concerned and related department including NHA will be taken on board to finalise the plane regarding removal of encroachment. Abbas Ahsan said that the fourth phase that is enforcement and implementation will start after 27th March, 2017.