RMC Directed To Ensure Continuity In Anti-encroachment Operations

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Jul, 2025) Commissioner Rawalpindi Engineer Amir Khattak on Tuesday directed the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to ensure continuity in anti-encroachment operations so that the cleared areas were not re-occupied.

The operations should continue without discrimination in the city as a zero tolerance policy had been adopted to eliminate encroachments on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.

Commissioner Khattak was chairing a review meeting at his office regarding the ongoing anti-encroachment operations in the garrison city.

Additional Commissioner Coordination Syed Nazarat Ali, RMC Chief Officer Imran Ali, Assistant Commissioner City Iman Zafar and other officers concerned attended the meeting.

The commissioner said that creating ease in the daily life of citizens, providing way for pedestrians, and improving traffic flow were among the top priorities of the administration.

All the institutions, he said, were working under a coordinated strategy to make Rawalpindi city a model city.

The most important thing in that regard was the elimination of encroachments, which not only caused traffic disruption and accidents but also affected the beauty of the city.

He asked the municipal officers to carry out the operation against encroachments on a regular basis so that the areas cleared were not occupied again.

The meeting was informed that effective operations against encroachments were underway in different areas of Rawalpindi.

It was further informed that since the operations started in August 2024, a total of 200 truckloads of goods placed at encroached places had been seized, with 8,144 different types of encroachments, including 5,663 carts placed on the sides of roads and parking areas, 1,222 illegal counters, and 577 platforms built in front of shops and houses were either removed or demolished.

Moreover, encroachments at 682 locations along the Leh Nullah, especially from Ganj Mandi and Dhok Najo Bridge to Katarian Bridge, were also removed.

The anti-encroachment operations had been carried out in important areas and markets of Rawalpindi, including Bara Market, Talwara Bazaar, Old Vegetable Market, Kalan Bazaar, Bohar Bazaar, Moti Bazaar, Liaquat Market, Iqbal Road, Raja Bazaar, Namak Mandi, Ganj Mandi, Murree Road, Circular Road, Bani Bazaar, Saidpur Road, 6th Road, 5th Road and Double Road, Commercial Market, and Charah, Kuri and Service roads in Sadiqabad area.