Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 24: For redressing the sanitation problems in Jammu City, the Jammu Municipal Corporation has launched drive in different parts of the city during which encroachments made over drains by the shopkeepers were removed so that there could be no choking of drains. In this connection, team of Jammu Municipal Corporation today launched the drive in Nai Basti area during which platforms constructed over drains were removed. During the drive, Kavinder Gupta, Speaker, J&K Legislative Assembly was personally present there and he interacted with shopkeepers as well as general public. He announced that Nai Basti area shall be developed at par with Raghunath Bazar by face lifting of the area.
Shopkeepers as well as general public extended all their cooperation in the drive and this was appreciated by Dr Manmohan Singh, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation. The Commissioner also appealed the general public not to construct platforms over drains for avoiding choking of the same, which is the main cause of in-sanitary conditions in Jammu city.
During the drive, Commissioner, JMC was accompanied by R S Jamwal, Joint Commissioner (A); Rajesh Gupta, Kamni Kesar, Chief Enforcement Officers and Talat Mehmood Khan, Chief Transport Officer, JMC.
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