Sultanwind Road, other areas cleared of encroachments

Amritsar, July 22

An anti-encroachment drive was launched by the Amritsar Municipal Corporation in collaboration with Traffic Police on Sultanwind Road and in areas surrounding Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib here on Monday.

Teams of Traffic Police led by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Traffic, Harpal Singh and the Estate Department led by Estate Officer Dharminderjit Singh cleared all the roads by removing encroachments. The estate wing of the MC had pressed into service trucks and ditch machines for carrying out the operation and seized the material used for encroachment and deposited it in the MC store.

MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said they were bombarded with lots of complaints regarding encroachments on Ramsar Road and other areas surrounding Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib and Sultanwind Road as a result of which pilgrims and citizens were facing problems while moving on the roads. Keeping in view the complaints of citizens, an anti-encroachment drive was launched today by teams of the estate wing of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation and Traffic Police.

The MC Commissioner said anti-encroachment drives will continue in other parts of the city. People should not encroach on approach roads and footpaths as commuters face inconvenience due to traffic jams. The MC will not tolerate the encroachments along roadsides and goods will be seized.

“The shopkeepers should not display their goods outside the shops and footpaths. The footpaths area meant for the movement of pedestrians and the movement of pedestrians suffer due to the encroachments on the footpaths,” said Estate Officer Dharminderjit Singh.