Date :9/20/2019
Press Release on 20th September 2019Anti-encroachment drives against Plastic Pollution campaign was conducted to aware the general public, shopkeepers & vendors “Say no to Plastic” and “No encroachment beyond the shutter line”.
In continuation to anti-encroachment drives and Jammu against Plastic Pollution campaign started under the instructions of Hon’ble Mayor,JMC, Sh. Chander Mohan Gupta and Commissioner, JMC, Sh. Pankaj Magotra, a comprehensive joint drive was conducted to aware the general public, shopkeepers & vendors “Say no to Plastic” and “No encroachment beyond the shutter line” by the District Administration, Jammu Municipal Corporation and police. The drive was conducted under the joint supervision of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Sh. Rishpal Singh, S.P. South, Sh. Vinay Sharma, Secretary, JMC, Smt. Sunaina Sharma. Health Officer, Dr. Saleem Khan, Municipal Veterinary Officer, JMC, Dr. Zaffar Iqbal, Chief Enforcement Officer, JMC, Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Revenue Officers, JMC, Sh. Ashwani Sudan and Sh. Sunil Gupta and S.H.O of Bahu Fort area, Enforcement wing and Sanitation Wing of JMC also accompanied the drive.
The drive was conducted in the various areas of Jammu City started from Bahu Fort. At Bahu Fort area Additional District Magistrate, S.P. South and Secretary JMC instructed the shopkeepers to replace polythene with cloth bags. The shopkeepers were also instructed to keep their goods within their shutter line to avoid further penalties. The mobile vendors were also instructed to make their rehries on the pattern of Gandhi Nagar rehri Zone. Shopkeepers and vendors were also instructed to put dustbins in front of their shops and rehries to keep their premises neat and clean. President of Bahu Fort, Sh. Ankush Khajuria assured the authorities that Bahu Fort area will be free from polythene and encroachments made by the shopkeepers beyond their shutter line will be removed.
Team of JMC then toured Maheshpura area and remove encroachment from the area and also seized banned polythene from the shopkeepers and also made aware the general public and shopkeepers to use cloth bags instead of polythene.
Thereafter the team toured B.C. road area and removed encroachments made by the shopkeepers beyond their shutter line. The team seized two trucks loads of counters, rehries and other goods displayed on footpaths and beyond the shutter line.
JMC regularly conducts such drives creating awareness among the shopkeepers, street vendors and encroachers through announcements by using loudspeakers to follow the rules in order to avoid penal action against them. The shopkeepers were also give strict warning for not displaying their goods by illegally extending parameters of their shops. The shopkeepers, vendors were also instructed not to use polythene and use only cloth bags. The general public was also appealed to use cloth bags instead of polythene to make our environment neat & clean.