On Orders of AJK’s Apex Court. Extensive anti-encroachment drive launched in expatriates city of Mirpur

MIRPUR  (AJK),(Parliament Times):In response to the orders of the Supreme Court of Azad Jammu Kashmir, local authorities  Sunday launched an extensive anti-encroachment drive to make the lake-side city of Mirpur AJK clean of All sorts of illegal constructions and installations, it was officially said.

 The drive was launched by the city Municipal Corporation and Mirpur  Development Authority MDA with the coordination of the district administration with full vigor from the central shaheed chowk,our Special Jammu Kashmir state Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports.

“In order to make the lake city of Mirpur totally  clean of all sorts of unlawful encroachments, the campaign was launched on the special directives of Mirpur Division Commissioner Raja Tahir  Imtiaz Khan, Deputy Commissioner  Raja Sadaqat DG MDA Engr Mahmood Mumtaz Rathore Director Estate Management Ch Amjad Ali Mayor of Mirpur  Chaudhry Usman Ali Khalid, in response to the special instructions  of the apex court of the State.

MdA and Mirpur Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment squad conducted the operation clean up  to remove encroachments from the city’s roads and streets including at the footpaths.

 Unveiling the details, Estate Officer Mirpur  told Media here on Monday that the Municipality’s surprise  raiding teams removed illegal encroachments from Allama Iqbal Road – right  from Sheir Alam Plaza Kalyal to Ghazi Elahi Bakhsh Girls Degree College.

Illicit stalls, goods displayed on footpaths and roads were seized by the. Municipal Corporation’s anti encroachment team – that  conducted the operation to clear the road and footpath from all kinds of encroachments, he said.

The MCM Estate Officer has advised the shopkeepers not to encroach on any kind of encroachment or place them on the footpath outside the shops. ” Strict action will continue to be taken against such unlawful practice and the Illegally-displayed goods for sale through unlawful encroachments will be confiscated on the spot and cases will be instituted against the violator shopkeers and vendors, he added.