| RAWALPINDI: Three commercial plazas in Shamsabad and Faizabad have restored basements as parking areas as per the approved plan after voluntarily removing illegal showrooms and warehouses.
These plazas include Jameel Corporation Faizabad, Farooq Corporation and Ariz Tower Shamsabad.
Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha said that 20 such plazas have been identified on Murree Road and Satellite Town, which have built shops in the basement meant for parking, leaving customers with no option but to park their vehicles on roads which causes severe traffic jams.
He said that two notices have been issued to such plaza owners while the final notice will be issued next week and if they do not restore the parking areas in the basement, FIRs will be filed against the owners.
He said the main reason for the traffic congestion on Murree Road is the lack of parking facility in big commercial plazas and in view of financial interests, the owners of such plazas have built shops and offices in violation of approved plan.
The commissioner said that the operation against the encroachment mafia in the commercial plazas will be completed and despite the FIRs, if the parking areas in the basement are not restored, the law will take its course and the Metropolitan Corporation will demolish illegal structures in the commercial plazas.
He appreciated the owners and management of Jameel Corporation, Farooq Corporation and Ariz Tower for voluntarily restoring the parking areas.
There are warehouses and showrooms in the basement of these plazas, while there was a large amount of garbage and building waste in the basement of the Ariz Tower, which has an area of about eight kanals, which has been removed by the Metropolitan Corporation.
He said that Murree Road is being made a model road and a comprehensive operation has been started against encroachments.
Published in Dawn, April 4th, 2023
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