The vendors have continued to carry out their small business activities on footpaths in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi causing a number of hardships for the pedestrians and motorists to move.
It was witnessed that dozens of vendors were selling different items including used cloths, shoes, toys, fruits and food items on their push carts or occupying different sites in the markets by setting up both moveable and immoveable stalls.
Various markets including Aabpara, Faizabad, Melody, Karachi Company, Commercial market, Saddar, Raja Bazaar and other parts of the city were rife with encroachments.
The growing encroachments not only marred the beauty of the both cities but also damaged the roads, causing hardships for pedestrians and motorists to move swiftly.
Shah Jahan, an infringer having a stall at Faizabad said that he had set up his business at a footpath because had no other option due to sky rocketing rents.
When contacted by the officials of anti-encroachment department of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) maintained that they used to conduct anti-encroachment drives and seized the items from encroached stalls.
The traders needed to cooperate with the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to eradicate encroachments. He said that the Enforcement Directorate of Capital Development Authority (CDA) regularly inspected the different areas of the city and confiscated infringers' stalls, he added.
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