RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Monday issued 15 notices to nonconforming buildings.

Besides, in its operation against encroachments the board confiscated five truckloads of goods and vendors’ carts from different markets.

According to RCB spokesman Qasir Mahmood, the grand clean-up operation against encroachments was under way in RCB areas while now it has further been accelerated and the operation was being conducted on daily basis.

He said encroachments had been removed from different markets of Saddar, Chungi No 22, Misrial Road, Tench Bhatta, Bakra Mandi and other areas.

Illegal banners and posters were also removed from different areas. Meanwhile, RCB Land Branch taking strict action against illegal constructions issued 15 notices to the building rules violators in Masrial Road, Quaid-i-Azam Colony, Farooqabad, Peshawar Road and other areas.

The citizens should not violate the rules otherwise stern action would be taken against the violators and no relaxation would be given to anyone, the spokesman added.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2019