RAWALPINDI, (MILLAT/APP): Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB)
has confiscated eight truckload goods from different markets in
its operation against encroachments while seven shops of
encroachers were also sealed.
In different areas, 120 shopkeepers were imposed fines
while nearly 80 shopkeepers, found indulged in encroachments,
were issued notices.
According to RCB spokesman, the encroachers whose shops have
been sealed were earlier given notices for removal of encroachments
and warned of strict action in accordance with the law in case of
failure.
The anti-encroachment operation on the instruction of
Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Saima Shah has been
intensified and efforts are being made to ensure RCB areas
encroachment-free, said the spokesman.
He said RCB anti-encroachment teams confiscated handcarts,
tables, counters and other goods from Masrial Road, Tench Bhatta,
Bakra Mandi, Chungi Number 22, Peoples Colony, Ahmedabad, Chor
and other areas.
The operation is being conducted on daily basis while
permanent and temporary encroachments are being removed,
he added.
The shopkeepers have been warned not to encroach space
on roadside and keep their goods inside the shops otherwise
strict action would be taken.