District Administration launched an anti encroachment drive here on Thursday to decongest Amphalla-Janipur Road. The drive was jointly conducted by Jammu Municipal Corporation, Revenue and Traffic Departments and District Police to remove road encroachments and wrong parking for ensuring free flow of vehicular traffic. The drive was conducted from Rehari Chungi to Jaggi Darbar areas of Jammu city. The JMC team demolished illegal structures and encroachment from the footpath. Pertinent to mention here the drive was conducted so that diversion shall be given to Mini-Buses/ PSVs from August 31, 2019 viz Mini-Buses of Muthi-Bantalab-Kot Bhalwal and Agore routes from Rehari Chungi to Jaggi Darbar via Sarwal Hospital Road-Patoli Morh for to-and-fro movement. Satish Sharma SDM North Jammu informed that the drive was conducted as remedial measures to decongest Amphalla-Janipur Road being the most vulnerable/ densely populated area and the leading road towards High Court Jammu. C.P Kotwal, ACR Revenue said that the drive was conducted peacefully. The shopkeepers as well as the people of the respective areas extended full cooperation to the administration in decongesting the areas, Kotwal informed.
