Sawera Zahid,
Rawlalpindi: RCB’s anti-encroachment drive has been going on in full swing different areas of the city for over last couple of weeks. The Cantonment Board officials on Tuesday ceased 6 trucks of different items and took into custody counters, benches, chairs and hand-carts from vendors who had setup their stalls illegally on roads and pathways in different markets of Sadar, Dhoke Mustaqeem, Tenchbata, and surrounding areas falling in the RCB limits. The authorities have also issued notices to encroachers warning them to remove encroachments voluntarily before initiation of necessary legal action.
Meanwhile, Food Branch officials of Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) visited different areas and issued show cause notice to owners of different eateries/food outlets operating without licenses. According to a press release the food branch officials during their visit to Peshawar Road, Allabad areas inspected 24 food points out of which 16 were issued notices for substandard cleanliness at work places and operating without licenses. The statement added that the inspection team collected 10 food samples from different eateries and sent them to laboratory for test.
Moreover, on the directives of Cantonment Executive officer the RCB’s Water Recovery department has successfully achieved 13 million recovery target during the month of October 2018 from different areas including Sadar, Tenchbata, Range Roard, Bakramandi, Westridge and Naseerabad areas. The spokesman said that notices have been issued to property owners for non-payment of dues.