MULTAN - The Lahore High Court’s Multan Bench directed transporters to shift D-class bus stands from Derra Adda after holding verdict in favor of district government on Friday.
The honorable court issued a thirty-day deadline to shift ‘unlawful transportation stands’ from the crowded place of the city to some prescribed area. Earlier, transporters had filed a case in the high court against shifting of bus stands out of the city. However, the court rejected their plea and ruled that bus stands to be shifted from populated area of the city in given timeframe under all requisite facilities.
Commissioner Javed Akhtar Mahmood following the court’s order, directed to implement the verdict forthwith. In a statement issued here, he said it was not aimed to make anybody unemployed but maintaining things in good order with protecting prevailing law and order situation. He said all bus stations would be given reasonable accommodation with good facilities in general bus stand.
He said, Derra Adda would be turned into an iconic place after planting beautiful saplings with constructing foot paths around the roads. The Commissioner pinned hope that removal of D-class transportation stands would bring about resolving traffic issues remarkably. Traffic loads would be decreased after providing transporters alternative routes instead holding services within urban limits, he concluded.
Over eight Kanal state land worth Rs 82mln retrieved
District administration has retrieved eight kanal four marla commercial state land from grabbers and demolished illegal constructions during an operation launched here on Friday.
In line with special directives of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aamir Khattak, the Assistant Commissioner Shujabad Muhammad Zubair alongwith police and other concerned officers launched an operation at Murliwaan. The team retrieved eight kanal four marla commercial state land worth 82 millions and demolished various illegal constructions from the retrieved land.
Speaking on the occasion, AC Muhammad Zubair said that the grabbers were using the state land illegally for commercial purpose. He said that crackdowns were being launched against grabbers without any discrimination and added that every inch of state land would be retrieved from the land grabbers.
