DC Srinagar cracks whip on commercial activities in residential areas
Two warehouses operating from residential area sealed
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has directed for immediate action against commercial establishments in residential areas in violation of the established norms.
Choudhry, while seeking a report from concerned officers over the matter on Saturday, said commercial activities in residential areas were a “gross disregard for civic rules accounting for a serious form of public nuisance”.
He urged the general public to report instances of violations in this regard assuring of strict action there against.
Over the DC’s directions, authorities in Srinagar raided and sealed two commercial warehouses operating from a residential area at Firdousabad Batamaloo area of the city.
The raid followed a complaint from a local resident who reported operation of commercial warehouses in the residential area and the resultant nuisance that trucks passing through it to unload goods thereat cause the residents and sought action there against.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate West Hamida Akhtar under the supervision of Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar K K Sidha visited the area and sealed the warehouses found operating in the residential area in violation of rules.
The team of officers also seized two trucks from the site.
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