Peshawar: The Town-1 administration has obtained the support of businessmen for the anti-encroachment drive, a news source reported. The businessmen have expressed complete support for the drive.
Mayor Town-1 explained the strategy for clearing the businessmen’s reservations on the matter at a joint meeting of businessmen and Town-1 administration in Peshawar Chamber of Small Businesses and Industries with Mayor Town-1 Zahid Nadeem in chair.
Speaking on the occasion, Zahid Nadeem said that an anti-encroachment drive will take place in all the parts of Peshawar. He said that before operation, all the shops and business places will be notified to remove the encroachments and clear the roads. However, if the encroachments remain, the operation will be conducted indiscriminately.
In response to the complaints from the businessmen, the Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Saleem Khan said that if anyone showing himself as an official of district administration raids the shops without reason, then complaints should be made on the letterhead of the bazaar’s president, and notice will be taken of such complaints.