Encroachments removed from Ladowali Road

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 28

The tehbazari wing of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation and the traffic police carried out anti-encroachment drive from BSF Chowk to Madan Flour Mill Chowk on Saturday.

The drive started around 1 pm wherein all temporary encroachments done by shopkeepers on Ladowali road were lifted and items seized by the MC. The exercise was supervised by Mandeep Singh, superintendent from the tehbazari wing, and Deputy Superintendent of Police HS Bhalla.

As the drive started, teams faced some opposition from shopkeepers at Preet Nagar market, but they did not gave up and continued the drive after getting support from Jalandhar Central MLA Rajinder Beri, who along with Jalandhar North MLA had called for clearing of roads of unnecessary encroachments and had sought the support of the MC and the Police Commissionerate.

A meeting in this regard was held at the Police Lines on Thursday and the Mayor had sought adequate force for the entire operation.

Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court had been issuing orders to the Jalandhar MC to remove the encroachments from main roads with regards to several ongoing petitions filed by the residents.

Ahead of today’s drive, several shopkeepers on Ladowali road who had encroached upon the passage with spare parts, lifted all the items in time, thus making the road look much wider.

The teams announced that all pending encroachments be cleared by Tuesday or else action would follow by registration of FIRs. The tehbazari wing also announced that no Sunday Market will be held around Jyoti Chowk from now onwards and the traffic police would ensure proper barricading.