ILLUSTRATION: SAMAD SIDDIQUI
RAWALPINDI: A total of 13 truckloads of goods including over a 100 handcarts have been confiscated by Chakala and Rawalpindi cantonment boards under a grand operation against encroachments. The operation is said to be an attempt to clear the roads of the area. According to CCB, Additional Cantonment Executive Officer (ACEO) Naveed Nawaz the operation was conducted on the orders of Station Commander, Rawalpindi Brig Tanveer and CEO Chaklala Malikshaq.
The ACEO informed that enforcement teams of both the boards jointly conducted the operation under his supervision in the presence of a police party and the police superintendent.
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The ADC said the handcarts and encroachments were removed and confiscated to ensure smooth flow of traffic and avoid possible security threats due to encroachments on the main roads. Similar operations would also be conducted in other CCB areas under his supervision, he added. The operation had been intensified and no one would be allowed to violate the rules, he said.
The enforcement teams visit CCB markets on a daily basis where permanent and temporary encroachments are being removed.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2018.
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