Rawalpindi: As many as 17 shops were razed by the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) for violating building rules and regulations, a news source reported. The shops had been illegally constructed on Railway Station Road.
The board had issued notices, previously, to the owners of these shops to demolish the encroachments and other illegal structures themselves. However, the owners did not comply with the RCB orders, prompting the authorities to raze the structures.
According to RCB spokesman Qaiser Mahmood, several raids had already been carried out in areas such as Tench Bhatta, Dhoke Gujaran, Bhatta Chowk, Misrial Road, Quaid-e-Azam Colony, Peoples Colony, Dhoke Chaudharian, Afshan Colony, and Peshawar Road.
Those found to have violated building rules were issued notices as the RCB management had expedited its anti-encroachment drive on the instructions of Cantonment Executive Officer, Sibtain Raza. Many owners had even submitted their building plans for formal approval.
