Annual ritual: RCB prepares for Muharram processions
Ashura arrangements finalised
Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Multan among other cities to face suspension from 8am to 10pm. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
RAWALPINDI:
The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has finalised arrangements for Ashura besides completing patchwork at the routes of mourning processions, repairing roads, street lights and removal of encroachments.
According to RCB spokesman, the board’s anti-encroachment team is conducting operation on daily basis to clear different areas from where the Muharram processions will pass.
Moreover, RCB confiscated 19 truckloads of goods under its special operation against encroachment conducted during last week.
The spokesman said RCB's anti-encroachment teams on the directives of Cantonment Executive Officer Sibtain Raza, conducted raids in different areas including Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony, Dhoke Syedan, Bakra Mandi Road, Masrial Road, Allahabad, Westridge Bazar, Mehfooz Road, Haider Road, Bank Road, Adam Jee Road, Hathi Chowk, Chor Chowk, Saddar and other areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2018.
The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has finalised arrangements for Ashura besides completing patchwork at the routes of mourning processions, repairing roads, street lights and removal of encroachments.
According to RCB spokesman, the board’s anti-encroachment team is conducting operation on daily basis to clear different areas from where the Muharram processions will pass.
Moreover, RCB confiscated 19 truckloads of goods under its special operation against encroachment conducted during last week.
The spokesman said RCB's anti-encroachment teams on the directives of Cantonment Executive Officer Sibtain Raza, conducted raids in different areas including Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony, Dhoke Syedan, Bakra Mandi Road, Masrial Road, Allahabad, Westridge Bazar, Mehfooz Road, Haider Road, Bank Road, Adam Jee Road, Hathi Chowk, Chor Chowk, Saddar and other areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2018.