KOHAT: The Kohat tehsil municipal administration on Tuesday launched an operation against illegal structures along the Hangu Bypass Road near the railway crossing and the Indus Highway.

Tehsil municipal officer Mohammad Shoaib said that the TMA had started the action against the illegal constructions falling within its jurisdiction.

He said that the businessmen on the Peshawar highway and the main Indus highway had already been told not to make any constructions without prior approval of the competent authority.

He said clinics, fruit and vegetable markets and bus stands had sprung up along the main roads in the jurisdiction of the municipal body. He said all such structures would be razed.

TRAFFIC PLAN: The police on Tuesday closed the entrance to the main bazaar from the King Gate for all types of vehicles for convenience of pedestrians as they finalised a comprehensive traffic plan to ensure smooth flow of traffic during the last week of Ramazan and on Eidul Fitr.

DSP Usman Ali Khan said he had directed the traffic wardens to ensure smooth traffic flow through the city bazaars. He instructed them to take strict action against violators of no parking zones.

He said shopkeepers had been asked not to encroach upon the walkways.

Meanwhile, deputy commissioner Dr Azmatullah Wazir on Tuesday banned the use and sale of firecrackers, bathing in dams, display of weapons, firing in air and one-wheeling from a month till May 1 in order to maintain law and order in the district.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2024