RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB), under a campaign to check and disconnect illegal water connections from its areas, has disconnected more than 180 illegal water connections, while eight truckload goods of encroachers have also been confiscated.
According to spokesman of RCB, the water connections have been disconnected on Peshawar Road, Marble Factory area, TenchBhatta, DhokeSyedan, Masrial Road, Dhoke Banaras, Ahmedabad and Westridge areas.The board also recovered Rs2.2 million water charges debts.
The residents have been warned that strict action would be taken, with imposition of heavy fines, against those found involved in any such practice.Special teams have been formed to check illegal connections.
The spokesman said, “RCB has also confiscated eight truckload goods from different markets in its operation against encroachments.”
The RCB spokesman informed that the operation on the instruction of Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) DrSaima Shah has been intensified and efforts are being made to make RCB areas encroachment free.The operation is being conducted on daily basis while permanent and temporary encroachments are being removed.
The shopkeepers have been warned not to use space on roadside and keep their goods inside shops; otherwise strict action in accordance with the law would be taken.
