SMC carries out anti-encroachment drive

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 28: The enforcement squad of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) today carried an anti- encroachment cum awareness drive in some of the commercially important areas of the Srinagar city.
In a statement, the media relations officer, SMC, Masrat Yousuf said that the drive was conducted in Batmaloo, Karan Nagar, Hari Singh High Street, Jehangir Chowk, Budshah Chowk, KMD, Gurdav Kadal, Solina, Rambagh, Hyderpora, Peerbagh and Airport  road areas.
“All the shopkeepers and street vendors were warned through public address system to refrain from encroaching footpaths and roadside for the free flow of traffic regulation and pedestrian movement. They were further directed to clear all the goods displayed outside their shops and unblock the footpaths and other public spaces,” said the media relations officer.