Islamabad:
Often praised for its peaceful beauty, clean environment and well -planned infrastructure is increasingly losing its charm due to the uncontrolled spread of intervention.
Nowhere is this more clear than in sector G -8 – once considered a peaceful residential neighborhood – which has now been transformed into a chaotic, overloaded zone, filled with unauthorized car exhibition rooms, suppliers and provisional stores that occupy public spaces.
Intervention is not just an eyes; They present serious challenges for law and order, traffic flow, pedestrian movement and the quality of life for the residents. In G-8, the problem has reached alarming levels.
Bigs, intended for pedestrians, are now home to illegal car exhibition premises and workshops. Streets are clogged with double -parked vehicles and do not leave room for residents to park their own cars near their homes.
With the sidewalks exceeded by business activity, women, children and the elderly are forced to go on the roads and set their safety at constant risk. Local residents complain that they have repeatedly raised the question with Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), but to no avail. Operations are occasionally managed by CDA’s enforcement wing – bulldozers are brought in, provisional structures are razed and strict warnings are issued.
Within a few days, however, the same illegal setups appear again. This recurring cycle has led to many claiming that some CDA officials are accomplices in this number. Bribery is reportedly paid under the table, which provides intervention in resuming their activities following a tokening of enforcement. This is not just HEARESAY.
Several eyewitness accounts and media reports have pointed to a well -established Nexus between some elements within the citizen administration and those involved in illegal commercial activities.
The absence of lasting enforcement only strengthens this suspicion. In addition, it seems that the traffic police, which must be actively involved in the regulation of vehicle movement and safe parking laws, have turned a blind eye to the problem.
In fact, their lack of proactive commitment has been one of the contributing factors to the uncontrolled growth of intervention. In contrast, Punjab has recently implemented a very effective drive against encroachment, especially in cities such as Lahore, Faisalabad and Rawal Pindi. Illegal kiosks, constructions and roadblocks have been removed where authorities regain hundreds of canal of public land. It is important that this drive has shown consistency – somewhat conspicuously absent in Islamabad.
