Operation against encroachments continues

Rawalpindi: Chief Municipal Officer Khalid Goraya has said as part of their ongoing efforts they are carrying out grand operation to remove encroachment from the Satellite Town area.

“We have so far achieved desired results during operation against encroachment in various areas including Namak Mandi, Fawara Chowk and Bara Market. Now we will remove encroachment from Satellite Town,” he said.

The operation against encroachment is currently underway on the basis of the reports submitted by the chairmen of the union councils (UCs) carrying details of encroachment in their respective areas.

It is pertinent to mention here that many influential people have got annoyed with the UC chairmen because they thought that they lost their occupied land during operation due to reports submitted by them.

The teams engaged in the ongoing operation are also getting help from the photographs sent by the local people showing encroachment in the markets and residential areas. Khalid Goraya said when they would complete the grand operation in Satellite Town then they would turn their attention towards Sadiqabad and remove encroachment from its commercial areas and markets.

APP adds: Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) in collaboration with district and City Traffic Police, under grand anti-encroachment operation confiscated six truckload goods of encroachments while eight FIRs were also lodged against encroachers in respective police stations during last week.

According to a RMC spokesman, the staff on the directives of Mayor Rawalpindi Sardar Nasim conducted raids in various city areas to remove encroachment under the supervision of area magistrate Ahmed Hassan and Chief Officer, MC Khalid Javed Goraya.

The teams visited Liaquat Road, Iqbal Road, Raja Bazaar, Bara Bazaar, Jamia Masjid Road, Ganjmandi, Machli Mandi, Jinnah Road, Talwaran Bazaar, Mochi Bazaar, Bohr Bazaar and the adjoining roads and confiscated goods of nearly 80 encroachers while fines were also imposed on the spot on the shopkeepers found indulged in encroachments.

The enforcement staff would continue the operation on daily basis and the violators would be fined and their goods confiscated, the spokesman said adding, despite, repeated warnings given to the rules violators, the encroachments were not removed. Now, strict action in accordance with the law is being taken.

Anti-encroachment personnel were also deployed in different markets so that encroachers activities could be controlled. He informed that the owners of the power generators installed at footpaths have been served notices to remove them within 15 days else FIRs would be registered and the generators would be confiscated.