PESHAWAR: The encroachments in the city could not be stopped and operations against encroachers continued in different areas all across the City. A grand operation against encroachment is underway in Board Bazaar of the district administration in the provincial capital Peshawar in the light of the orders of the provincial government. The district administration Peshawar along with Peshawar Development Authority officials, officials of the traffic police and local police conducted a joint operation in Board Bazar with 21 people arrested. The officials of the district administration along with other related staff have demolished illegal constructions outside shops by using heavy machinery. During the operation, encroachments outside the shops and on the footpath and road were taken into official custody and those who did not follow the instruction despite issuing of notices, were arrested besides heavy fines were also imposed on the spot. APP
