ICT Launches Crackdown Against Encroachment, Beggary

News Desk

Islamabad: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration launched crackdown on encroachment, beggary and unhygienic conditions to make Islamabad a better place to live and work.

The ICT Administration demolished multiple illegal structures, confiscated materials and sealed unauthorised buildings and plazas in the Secretariat Subdivision in a major crackdown on encroachment on Thursday.

Under the directions of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon, the operation was carried out, and the magisterial cover was provided by Assistant Commissioner Aneel Saeed and the Magistrate Secretariat subdivision, informed ICT Spokesman Dr Abdullah Tabasum.

In a separate operation against beggary, Civil Defence volunteers arrested eight professional beggars in an effort to make the city clean and safe for residents and visitors.

Assistant Commissioner also conducted price checking, inspected unauthorised use of polythene bags and checked the overall hygiene in various areas of Secretariat Subdivision, where violators were fined and warned as per the law.

In another operation, various petrol pumps were inspected for faulty nozzles, while one machine was sealed after it was found to be dispensing less fuel than the amount paid by customers. APP