Joint anti encroachment drive by JMC, Traffic and

Executive Police

On the instructions of Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation Sh. Ramesh

Kumar (IAS) and Sr. Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Sh. Joginder Singh, a

comprehensive drive was jointly conducted by the special teams of JMC, Traffic Police

and Executive Police under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner (Rev.), JMC, Mrs.

Vinakshi Koul (KAS), SDPO Bakshi Nagar Sh. Varun Jandyal and Dy.SP (Traffic) Sh.

Sunny Gupta. Dy.SP Sh. Dev Raj and DTI Sh. Sandeep Mahajan. Revenue Officers Sh.

Parmod Kumar, Sh. Ashwani Sudan, Sh. Parveen Gupta , Sh. Sunil Gupta of

JMC, SHO’s of concerned police stations, Asstt. Enforcement Officer Sh. Madan Lal and

field staff of JMC also accompanied the drive.

The drive was conducted in the areas of Rehari chungi, Rehari colony,

Subash Nagar upto petrol pump. The drive was conducted against the illegal

encroachments caused by the shopkeepers, illegal hoardings, wrongly parked vehicles

and street vendors causing traffic congestion and obstruction to free movement of

pedestrian on footpaths. During the drive the team removed 2 truckloads of material

displayed by the shopkeepers in front of their shops and lifted 6 nos. of illegal rehries

plying without licence. The Jammu Municipal Corporation warned the shopkeepers and

encroachers not to cross their shutter line and not to encroach the footpaths which leads

to congestion and obstructions to the free movement of pedestrians.

The traffic police also lifted the wrongly parked vehicles on the roads and

challaned no. of vehicles violating the traffic rules and causing traffic congestion on the

roads and also issued instructions to violators to follow the guidelines of traffic and not

to park their vehicles wrongly on the roadsides.

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JMC Conducts drive against illegal hoardings, illegal rehries/pharies,

encroachments of footpaths, polythene by shopkeepers, sanitation and other

issues

Today on 15.03.2018, a special drive was conducted on the instructions of

Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation Sh. Ramesh Kumar (IAS) in the Bahu

Fort area in connection with forthcoming holy Navratras. The drive was conducted under

the supervision of Secretary, JMC Mrs. Sunaina Sharma (KAS) and Assistant

Commissioner (Rev.), JMC, Mrs. Vinakshi Koul (KAS). Enforcement Officer Sh. Kamini

Kesar alongwith their enforcement team, Revenue Officers Sh. Parmod Sabharwal, Sh.

Ashwani Sudan and Sh. Sunil Gupta of JMC, team of concerned police station and

other field staff of JMC also accompanied the drive.

Drive was mainly focused on encroachments of footpaths, illegal

hoardings, illegal rehries/pharies, polythene by shopkeepers, sanitation and other issues

related to that area so that the forthcoming Navaratras Festival is celebrated in a

smooth way. Special team of JMC removed 4 truckloads of illegal hoardings, illegal

rehries/pharies and also removed encroachments from the footpath and pavements from

the area.

Jammu Municipal Corporation issued instructions to the shopkeepers of

Bahu Fort area to keep their goods within their shutter line in order to maintain smooth

flow of devotes to the holy shrine of Bawe Wali Mata Temple.

Jammu Municipal Corporation also appealed to the owners of illegal

advertisers to desist from installing hoardings without permission to avoid penal action

against them and vendors to ply their rehries only in the rehri zones established by

Jammu Municipal Corporation. The shopkeeper/vendors were also warned not to use

polythene as the Hon’ble High Court has banned the use of any kind of polythene.

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Commissioner, JMC took review of sanitation scenario in Jammu City.

Sh. Ramesh Kumar (IAS), Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation took a

review of sanitation scenario in Jammu City during which he issued instructions to the

concerned Officer for taking steps for installation of composting machines in bulk

generator establishments like Hotels, Banquet and Fruit/Vegetable markets which would

help in minimizing the accumulation of waste and added that compost so generated will

also help the persons who associated with agriculture line.

He directed the concerned Officer to utilize the men and machinery available with

Corporation for maintaining proper sanitation conditions within the limits of Jammu

Municipal Corporation. He added that some wards shall be selected as model wards for

ensuring better scientific cleaning and its disposal including transportation after proper

segregation. He also directed the Health Officer to maintain proper attendance

of sanitation staff so that there can be no laxity in providing proper sanitation to the

inhabitants of the City.

He further stressed upon all the Officers to take sanitation of the City as a challenge

and come with a road map on their level so that same is deliberated and action is taken

on the actionable points and added that special focus shall be given to construction

Individual Household Latrines (IHHL) in different wards of JMC under Swachh Bharat

Mission (SBM) to get the areas falling within the jurisdiction of Jammu Municipal

Corporation open defecation free (ODF).

He appealed the general public through this medium to extend their helping hand

to Jammu Municipal Corporation in maintaining the proper sanitation and also to

achieve the goal of Swachh Bharat Mission and Smart City.

Among others Sh. Rishpal Singh (KAS), Joint Commissioner (A), Sh. Neeraj

Gupta(KAS), Chief Accounts Officer, Ms. Sunaina Sharma (KAS), Secretary, Ms. Vinakshi

Koul (KAS), Asstt. Commissioner (Rev.), Sh. Kushal Chand, Joint Commissioner (Works),

Dr. Saleem Khan, Health Officer, Sh. Tariq Raina, AEE (Transport), Sh. Amitabh

Manhas, AEE (Mech), were also participated in the meeting.

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