Deadline for schools in CCB limits expires on 31

Rawalpindi : Chaklala Cantonment Board (CCB) has clarified that commercial activities in Cantonment residential areas will not be allowed as the CCB had issued 445 notices including schools and 170 leased properties for commercial activities in residential areas.

Additional Cantonment Executive Officer (ACEO) CCB, Naveed Nawaz talking to this agency said that the notices would expire in last week of March adding, the grace period for schools would expire on March 31 given to save the academic year of the students.

To a question he said, those who would not comply with orders would be given final notices under section 256 of the ''Cantonment Act, 1924''.

Strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against the rules violators and signboards of the schools would be removed, their utility services would be disconnected and finally the schools could be sealed, he added.