Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 26: Jammu Municipal Corporation today conducted anti-encroachment drive in the areas including City Chowk, Old Hospital Road, Centre Basic High School, Purani Mandi, Raj Tilak Road, Parade and Bhagwati Nagar area in order to ease traffic congestions and ensure free movement of pedestrians on footpaths.
The drive was conducted on the instructions of Commissioner, JMC, Ramesh Kumar under the supervision of Secretary, JMC Mrs Sunaina Sharma accompanied by Dy. SP (Traffic), Sunny Gupta, Enforcement Officer, JMC, Kamini Kesar, Revenue Officers, JMC, Parmod Sabharwal, Ashwani Sudan, Parveen Gupta, Sunil Gupta, SHO and DTI of concerned area and enforcement staff of JMC.
During the drive, the special squad of JMC seized five trucks of material like counters and other material displayed by the shopkeepers in front of their shops and footpaths causing traffic congestions and impeding the free movement of pedestrians. The team also lifted illegal reharies and removed unauthorized hoardings/flexes from these areas.
The enforcement team of JMC also dismantled cemented Thara at Old Hospital Road. Creating obstructions in free movement of vehicles as well as pedestrians. Moreover 20 vehicles were challaned by Traffic Police for violating traffic rules by parking their vehicles on the roads causing traffic congestion in these areas and also seized one vehicle parked wrongly on the road.
JMC has been repeatedly issuing strict instructions to the shopkeepers regarding removal of encroachments. Total 242 notices have been served in the areas like Hari Market, Indira Chowk, Canal Road, Jewel, Vinayak Bazar, Below Gumat, Gandhi Nagar, Talab Tillo, Gole Pully, Patta Chungi, Bohri, Poonch House and Vikram Chowk by JMC to shopkeepers violating rules by displaying their goods beyond the shutter line of their shops. It also warned that action will be initiated against the defaulters/ encroachers in terms of Section 232 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 which may further lead towards the sealing of the shops as per law.
Strict instructions were also issued to the street vendors/phari walas to ply their rehries only in the rehri zones established by JMC. Such type of drives will continue in near future also.
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